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Radio Trade Group Seeks to Use Music Modernization Act Against ASCAP & BMI

The Radio Licensing Music Committee, which represents radio stations across the country, is taking a new tactic in its ongoing battle over songwriter royalties. In an apparent move to throw a wrench into the proceedings at the National Music Publishers’ Association annual meeting in New York on Wednesday (June 15), the RMLC filed a petition […]

Dre & Vidal Sell Publishing Catalog to HarbourView

Alternative asset management company HarbourView Equity Partners announced Tuesday that it has acquired the publishing catalog of songwriting and production duo Andre Harris and Vidal Davis, better known as Dre & Vidal. Deal terms were not disclosed. Dre & Vidal have written songs and produced for major artists including Jamie Foxx, Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Musiq […]

Dua Lipa’s Dad Moves Festival From Kosovo Following Political Dispute

An international music festival founded by the father of singer-songwriter Dua Lipa to promote his native Kosovo has led to recriminations for the small European country after it lost the event to neighboring Albania. The Sunny Hill Festival made its debut in Kosovo’s capital, Pristina, in 2018 and took place again in 2019, bringing artists […]

Here’s What Cardi B Said She Would Have Done About Lizzo Lyric Controversy

Cardi B took to Twitter on Wednesday (June 15) to respond to a Twitter thread addressing Lizzo‘s recent lyric controversy. A Twitter user named @FeministaJones wrote about the “Bodak Yellow” rapper’s ability to use an offensive word in a song without backlash, while Lizzo changed her “Grrrls” lyrics after receiving criticism for using an ableist […]

Robert Plant Says He Turned Down a Role in ‘Game of Thrones’

Could you imagine Robert Plant as a Stark or a Lannister? It was almost a reality. During an interview this week for Apple Music 1, the Led Zeppelin icon told Canadian media personality George Stroumboulopoulos that he was offered a role in Game of Thrones. “I don’t want to get typecast,” the musician joked of […]