Here is some stuff I wrote in June 2022…

CMU News: R Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison

CMU News: FCC Commissioner calls on Apple and Google to block TikTok

CMU News: SoundExchange sues Slacker

CMU News: CAA’s acquisition of rival ICM finally completes

CMU News: US Department Of Justice confirms seizing of six piracy domains

CMU News: Chrysalis and Tommy Boy ally with Proper on physical distribution

CMU News: Neko Trust and Gallowglass partner on new event crew training programme

CMU News: Coachella owner seeks to force a rebrand at another ‘chella’ festival: Washington DC’s Moechella

CMU News: R Kelly fan arrested for making YouTube threats against New York prosecutors

CMU News: Universal Music sued over Tupac photo

CMU News: Musicians’ Union also cautiously welcomes new music education plan for England

CMU News: Viagogo fined €23.5 million for breaking Italian anti-touting laws

CMU News: Industry cautiously welcomes government’s new music education plan for England

CMU News: Lizzo and Live Nation pledge a million to reproductive rights organisations after Roe v Wade over-turned

CMU News: New book explores the relationship between UK cities and club culture

CMU News: Neil Young announces concert film and album

CMU News: Pop stars read CBeebies Bedtime Stories from Glastonbury

CMU Digest: Four Tet, MegaUpload, Ed Sheeran, IMPALA, Jimi Hendrix

CMU News: Kim Dotcom hits out after former MegaUpload colleagues plead guilty to running criminal enterprise

CMU News: 32,254 counterfeit CDs seized in raid on Merseyside piracy operation

CMU News: Anti-piracy action in Brazil targets hundreds of websites and apps

CMU News: Spotify revamps gig listings, piloting new community feature

CMU News: EBU defends its decision that Eurovision 2023 can’t take place in Ukraine

CMU News: IMPALA calls for French style agreements on fair digital remuneration instead of ER

CMU News: Domino comments on Four Tet settlement, insists no precedent set

CMU News: Warner Music unveils 3EE

CMU News: Ed Sheeran awarded £900,000+ costs following win in Shape Of You song-theft case

CMU News: Glassnote allies with The Orchard on distribution

CMU News: Hard Rock partners with AEG for BST Hyde Park

CMU News: Domino Records settles Four Tet dispute, commits to pay 50% royalty on digital

CMU News: PPL AGM discusses post-COVID and international revenue growth

CMU News: Jimi Hendrix Experience dispute should happen in New York, says Sony

CMU News: Warner Music sued again over international deductions

CMU News: US music publishers are going after unlicensed apps, starting with Vinkle

CMU News: Promotions galore at Polydor

CMU News: Spotify completes acquisition of audiobooks firm Findaway

CMU News: Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill is finally at number one

CMU Digest: Performer ER, Sony Music, Bestival, Spotify, US Radio Music License Committee

CMU News: Belgium introduces ER right on streams

CMU News: Festival Republic and Music Declares Emergency to research connecting festivals to the national grid

CMU News: Lil Wayne denied UK visa ahead of Strawberries And Creem headline set

CMU News: ASCAP and BMI hit out at US radio industry plan to force combined rate court hearing

CMU News: New York venue buys Electric Zoo promoter

CMU News: Sony Music announces that Vanessa Picken will lead the reset at its Australian division

CMU News: Young Thug and Gunna comment on their arrest on RICO charges

CMU News: Sony Music Publishing allies with new songs venture from Neon16

CMU News: New music-centric ad platform launches in beta

CMU News: Following the Joe Rogan-caused boycott, Spotify launches Safety Advisory Council

CMU News: Jay-Z and Damon Dash settle dispute over Reasonable Doubt NFT sale

CMU News: Rob Da Bank wins legal battle over Bestival loan

CMU News: Universal announces Songclip deal

CMU News: OfCom says Bauer radio stations breached rules with two fucks

CMU News: Britney Spears gets restraining order against first husband after he gatecrashed her wedding
CMU News: Universal Music partners on music app for people affected by dementia

CMU News: Live Nation US invests in plant-based burger maker

CMU News: Download tells attendees to ground the drones

CMU News: New MD appointed at Quietus Management

CMU News: New shows at Radio 2 and Jack FM

CMU Digest: Ditto Music, Greek visas, Spotify, Bang Energy, PRS Foundation

CMU News: 300 and Atlantic chiefs call for wider Rap On Trial legal reforms

CMU News: Movie companies in US web-block case hit out at Cloudflare

CMU News: UK artists will no longer need a visa when touring in Greece

CMU News: Prosecutors say R Kelly should be jailed for at least 25 years

CMU News: Sony asks court to sanction Bang Energy over lost videos in social media marketing copyright case

CMU News: UK live sector expresses concern over upcoming train strikes

CMU News: Spotify boss says his big ambitions in audio at large will deliver mega-revenues and better margins

CMU News: Kylie Minogue says blocking Kylie Jenner’s trademark application “just had to be done”

CMU News: US bank upbeat about Spotify, lumping it in with Netflix is an “overgeneralisation”

CMU News: TuneCore launches new unlimited release pricing model

CMU News: Universal launches new Virgin Music services division for Africa

CMU News: Ditto Music seeks dismissal of Lil Yachty NFT lawsuit on jurisdiction grounds

CMU News: Movie companies who got a US web-block order have asked for it to be stayed

CMU News: Yout owner declines deal proposed by Brazilian prosecutors

CMU News: Music Leaders Network announces autumn 2022 programme

CMU News: 50+ music industry organisations call for a PRS rethink on PRS Foundation funding

CMU News: Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You latest subject of song theft lawsuit

CMU News: Young Thug allowed to keep his lawyer as he fights racketeering charges

CMU News: New board and Chair for global collecting society grouping SCAPR

CMU News: Tuned Global partners on new child-friendly streaming service

CMU News: Spotify launches new site aggregating its educational tools for artists

CMU Digest: PRS Foundation, digital burnout, Spinrilla, IFPI, Spotify For Artists

CMU News: FAC launches petition over cut in PRS funding to PRS Foundation 

CMU News: Majors and Spinrilla set out jury selection questions as copyright dispute proceeds 

CMU News: Spinnin Records restructures marketing department, ramps up Web3 activities 

CMU News: More government support needed for a night-time sector facing a “perfect storm”

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