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Travis Scott has been sued for alleged copyright infringement on his US No.1 single, Highest in the Room. At the centre of a lawsuit, filed in California on Tuesday (June 9), musicians and producers Olivier Bassil, Benjamin Lasnier and Lukas Benjamin Leth claim that a melody used in the track is a plagiarised version of…

via Travis Scott accused of copyright infringement in lawsuit filed by Blurred Lines lawyer Richard Busch — Music Business Worldwide

First collaborative project is a multi-view live streamed event on June 14 Source

via BTS label Big Hit Entertainment inks global deal with video steaming firm Kiswe, whose tech is used by the NBA, MLS and PGA Tour — Music Business Worldwide

EMPIRE to integrate Top Drawer Merch as it’s merchandising arm Source

via EMPIRE challenges majors in merch world with acquisition of Top Drawer Merch/Electric Family — Music Business Worldwide

Newman was previously Editor of the BBC’s 1Xtra and joined Apple in 2018 Source

via Ryan Newman promoted to Head of Editorial for Apple Music in the UK — Music Business Worldwide

Instances of xenophobia shook the cities, each one worse than the next, in the anxious years of the early fifth-century Roman Empire. Doors were slammed in immigrants’ faces when they asked for food, immigrant family members were kidnapped and beaten on the road, an immigrant house of worship was set on fire. One commentator, taking…

via Ancient Rome Thrived When the Empire Welcomed Immigrants. We Should Remember What Happened When That Changed — TIME

David C. Linton, Chairman of The Living Legends Foundation, offers a timely history lesson on the US business Source

via Dropping ‘Urban’: Déjà vu All Over Again — Music Business Worldwide

Firm’s market cap is up by $3.5bn on the price it set last week Source

via Warner Music Group worth over $16bn after a full week of trading on Nasdaq — Music Business Worldwide

Like Sam Goody, Jack Eugster once sold tchotchkes, albeit as the head of a department store chain. Also like Goody, Russ Solomon started selling records as an ancillary to another business, in this case his father’s drugstore at the base of Sacramento’s venerable Tower Theater. Both, in their own ways, were Goody’s heirs. Solomon took […]

via Retailing records series; (part 3) Records become a commodity and face real estate prices and profit margins (III) — Music Matters

Artist DIY is a series of videos made by artists in collaboration with FACT in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. FACT edits each episode remotely, while the artist shoots at their home or studio with whatever equipment they have available. In this episode we meet Lizzie Wilson aka Digital Selves, who offers a tutorial on…

via Artist DIY: Digital Selves — FACT Magazine