Record Labels

Canadian Music Week 2023, the country's leading entertainment event showcasing conferences, trade exhibitions, award shows, and a six-night new music festival featuring hundreds of bands at various live music venues in downtown Toronto.

Universal Music Group has declared war on AI-generated music that it believes has been created using commercial music without a license. The major label has sent emails to music streaming services, asking them to stop giving access to their music catalogue to developers who use it to train AI technology, according to the Financial Times.

Jakomi Mathews takes a closer look at the British Phonographic Industry's (BPI) latest study The figures show that major artists are now getting paid less than they were in 2007, despite the industry being worth more than ever before.

The BPI, which represents independent labels and major record companies in the UK, conducted new research on the success of streaming compared to the CD era. The research found that a larger number of artists are successful in the streaming era, compared to the CD era.

Earlier this year, Universal Music proposed an artist-centric model for streaming services. At the MENT music industry conference in Slovenia, CMU (Complete Music Update)...

So, we last examined Lucian’s statements around lower quality functional content and his accusations that black hat players are gaming the royalty system and...

Sir Lucian recently sent his annual start of the year message to all Universal Music employees. To my mind some of his thinking is...