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U.K.’s Jewish Leadership Council Calls Three-Night Kanye West Booking at Wireless Festival ‘Deeply Irresponsible’

The U.K.’s Jewish Leadership Council has issued a statement condemning the Wireless Festival for booking Ye (formerly Kanye West) as the headliner of all three nights (July 10-12) of the this year’s event at Finsbury Park in London. A spokesperson for the Council told the Guardian, “It is deeply irresponsible for Wireless festival to be headlining Kanye West. […]

Warner Music Group Acquires Digital Distributor Revelator

The Warner Music Group (WMG) has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Revelator, the B2B music distribution platform, the companies announced today (April 1). The transaction is expected to close next quarter, according to a press release. Related WMG CEO Robert Kyncl Says ‘Building’ an Indie Distributor ‘Might Be Better’ Than Buying One ‘That’s What This […]

Australia’s Parliament Passes Copyright Bill That Unlocks Orphan Works

SYDNEY — Australia’s federal government has passed the Copyright Amendment Bill, a piece of legislation that introduces for the first time an “orphan works” scheme, which should provide greater legal certainty when working with copyright material where the owner is unknown or unlocatable. The Copyright Amendment Bill 2026 amends the Copyright Act 1968, and delivers two […]

Songs by Missy Higgins, Joe Dolce Added to Australia’s Film and Sound Archive

Joe Dolce’s catchy ‘80s hit “Shaddap You Face” and Missy Higgins’s 2004 breakthrough “Scar” are among the four songs added to Australia’s vault, the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA). All told, nine works are added to the Sounds of Australia 2026 collection, a capsule that is said to span “the intimate, the everyday and […]