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Complete Music Update- K-pop labels and agencies want new laws against contract tampering, but no other regulation, as Ador v NewJeans dispute continues February 21, 2025With the ongoing very public dispute between NewJeans and HYBE’s Ador still grabbing the headlines in South Korea, resulting in proposals for regulating the K-pop business, five trade groups for the Korean music industry have said the focus of law-makers should be so called “tampering practices”
- Live Nation boss dismissive of streaming platforms’ superfan ambitions as company reports record year February 21, 2025Live Nation’s CEO has told analysts that streaming platforms need ticket pre-sale inventory to make super premium work - but whether or not they get it is another question. The company spent more than $450 million settling Astroworld lawsuits in 2024 - and there’s still no news on the DOJ lawsuit
- 🌅 Horizon Future Leaders - Claire Hamilton February 21, 2025As part of our Horizon Future Leaders series of interviews, we are connecting with the music industry’s next generation of leaders to gather candid advice and insights into their career journeys. This week, we caught up with Northern music industry champion Claire Hamilton.
- Op-ed: Paul Bonham from the MMF on how Accelerator supports music managers February 20, 2025Everyone knows a talented independent music manager in need of support. Help is at hand via the MMF's Accelerator Programme, supported by YouTube Music
- Malaysian festival can’t sue individual members of The 1975, says band’s lawyer February 20, 2025The lawsuit filed by a Malaysian festival against The 1975 following their controversial performance at the event in 2023 was in court this week. The band’s lawyers began by arguing that, while the festival can sue The 1975’s company, individual band members should be removed from the litigation
