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Congress Members Call on Biden to Investigate Live Nation

Five members of Congress sent a letter to members of the Biden administration on Monday (April 19) asking them to investigate Live Nation’s “potentially unfair, deceptive, and anticompetitive practices.” In the letter addressed to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Federal Trade Commission acting chair Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Jan […]

MLC Collects $40M for January, Makes First Rights Holders Payments

On Friday, the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), which officially launched Jan. 1, made its first distribution of mechanical royalties to rights holders for the month of January, paying out $24 million out of about $40 million collected from digital services. “The completion of The MLC’s first monthly processing of royalties and the payment of more […]

Blake Shelton Revisits His 2001 Debut Single ‘Austin’ at the 2021 ACM Awards

On Sunday night (April 18), Blake Shelton turned back the hands of time and revisited a classic from his acclaimed catalog. Not only did he perform his 20-year-old hit “Austin,” but he also gifted fans his new record “Minimum Wage.”  Backed by his band, Shelton kicked off his two-song medley with his first-ever debut single. […]