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Chappell Roan's two Super Graphic Spectacular shows at LA's Shrine Auditorium on 21 and 22 October raise money for her Midwest Princess Project. Twenty months after she told labels at the Grammys to give developing artists a living wage and health insurance, artists are still the ones writing the cheques.
Industryvia Chappell Roan (official site)
Spotify now calls its 1,000-stream royalty threshold a "first line of defense" against AI-generated tracks, which it says are 10 times more likely to fall below it. The same rule decides whether a new human artist earns anything, and Spotify still keeps one of its two tests secret.
Industryvia Spotify Newsroom
Warner Music Spain has bought all of Halley Records, the Barcelona label behind Oques Grasses and Els Catarres. One outlet says Halley's licensing model leaves the masters with the artists, but no one else has confirmed it, and that question decides what Warner has actually bought.
Industryvia UK Competition and Markets Authority
The lyrics company has made its first acquisition in 16 years, buying the owner of the Songdex copyright registry, the Blokur matching platform and Cuetrak. Better matching could pay writers money they are owed today. It also puts a large share of the industry's rights data inside one private-equity-backed company.
Industryvia Music Reports
Pophouse, the ABBA-linked investment firm, has bought 50% of Sia's publishing and master rights. TMZ first reported a $180 million price from divorce documents and Rolling Stone says it confirmed the figure, but neither party has disclosed it. A half sale keeps Sia in the room, and we think that is the real product Pophouse is buying.
Industryvia Reed Smith
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