The Afghan Whigs Take Soft Control on New Album and Tour
Greg Dulli and co. return with their first new LP in four years
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BMI promotes four executives across Creative and Corporate Communications teams
BMI promoted John Ellwood to Vice President, Creative, and elevated Deirdre Chadwick, Jeff Gilligan and Jodie Thomas to Assistant Vice President positions. Source
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square is selling its remaining Universal Music Group stake, days after UMG rejected its $64B takeover bid
The news comes days after Universal Music Group's board officially rejected a takeover proposal from Ackman and Pershing Square Source
Weezer Preview Self-Titled Album With ‘We Might As Well Be Strangers’ Featuring Wednesday
Weezer arrives on Aug. 21 and feautres the previously released single “Shine Again”
National Symphony Orchestra “May Not Survive” Trump’s Kennedy Center Chaos
Ben Folds, the former artistic advisor to the NSO, broke the news in an open letter
Flo Rida Hasn’t Said a Word About Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 Concert. So We Asked His ‘FloGPT’
The rapper’s own AI chatbot gave a shocking answer when queried about the “Low” rapper’s participation in the Great American State Fair concert series
Weezer Launch The Gold Album With Wednesday Collaboration
Rivers Cuomo and Karly Hartzman duet on “We Might as Well Be Strangers”
The AI Music Streaming Flood: Where We’re At
The latest 'Tim's Take' from Music Business Worldwide founder, Tim Ingham Source
US Register of Copyrights continues The MLC’s designation as the statutory Mechanical Licensing Collective – as total royalties distributed to songwriters and publishers near $4B
The Register originally designated The MLC in July 2019 Source
Sara Bareilles Previews ‘Good Grief’ Album With ‘Home’
A film documenting the making of the musician’s first LP in seven years premieres at Tribeca Film Festival on Thursday
Seeker Music acquires the publishing catalog of Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde
The deal covers Raymonde's body of work as a member of the Scottish band, including his co-writes on the 1990 album Heaven or Las Vegas. Source
Grammy-winner Youssou N’Dour named Vice President of CISAC as global rights org marks 100 years
N'Dour succeeds outgoing Vice Presidents Yvonne Chaka Chaka, a South African singer and songwriter, and Arturo Márquez, a Mexican composer. Source
Snail Mail and Soccer Mommy Set Co-Headlining Tour
Lindsey Jordan and Sophie Allison will be joined by Brennan Wedl and Scarlet Rae on the fall U.S. run
After Suno, Udio asks court to seal the size of its AI training data in Sony Music’s copyright case, also citing ‘competitive harm’
Udio argues that competitors could use the figure to build rival products faster and more cheaply. Source
Céline Dion Remembers ‘Kind Spirit’ of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Collaborator Peabo Bryson
“He will remain for me always as a real symbol of the joy that music has brought to my life,” Dion shared about the veteran singer, who died this week at the age of 75
Anysia Kym and Tony Seltzer Enlist 454, Loraine James, FearDorian for Remix Album
454’s “To Death Remix” leads Purity (Flips), also featuring Traxman, Vayda, and MIKE’s DJ Blackpower alias
Sandbox Guide :: Embracing the youth social media bans
Sandbox Guides are for music marketers: explaining new platforms, new strategies, and how to build new audiences.…
Mastodon Honor Brent Hinds in First Song Since Late Frontman’s Death
“I was just singing about what I was seeing, and I was seeing ghosts,” says drummer Brann Dailor of “Your Ghost Again”
2.5bn people are now using Google’s AI overviews in search
“People are increasingly turning to generative AI tools to help them find, sort through and understand information,” is how Google opens a blog post that goes on to say that its AI Overviews search feature now has “over 2.5 billion monthly active users”.…
Meta’s latest tests focus on episodic reels and teen wellbeing
Barely a week goes by at the moment without Meta testing some new features on one of its apps and/or scrambling to head off concerns of regulators about the way they work. We’ve got one of each for you this morning.…