An influential cross-party group of MPs and peers has published a new report that calls for legislation to support the UK music industry and fans by regulating artificial intelligence.
The ...
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to open up the arts to young people from a wider background.
Starmer’s speech at the Labour Creatives Conference yesterday (March 14) at ...
MPs on the Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee have once again turned to the economics of streaming with a progress report session.
High-profile speakers giving evidence today included Merck ...
Kevin Brennan MP, Carla Marie Williams, Crispin Hunt and the late Rupert Hine have been named as the first recipients of an Ivors Academy Honour.
The new award brings back ...
The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) has increased the pressure on venues who continue to make deductions from merch sales.
Some venues take up to 25% of artists’ revenues (plus VAT) ...
Paul Pacifico will leave the UK’s Association of Independent Music (AIM) at the end of 2022, Music Week can reveal.
The organisation said that his decision marks the end of ...
An influential cross-party group of MPs and peers issued a major report today calling on the government to remove the barriers facing UK musicians touring the EU.
The move follows ...
European indies trade body IMPALA has underlined its opposition to the system of equitable remuneration for music streaming.
It comes as France and Belgium have opted for a different approach ...
MPs and Peers have elected Kevin Brennan MP as the new chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Music.
With more than 100 members, the group is one of the ...
The past 12 months has seen a high-stakes argument about the future direction of the music business, which increased in volume during the hearings for the DCMS Committee inquiry into ...
