Deals between media conglomerates and tech companies serve both sets of interests, while leaving artists by the wayside
The world’s biggest music company is now in the AI business. Last year, Universa…
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Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group dismissed ⊖⊖
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Rapper had claimed UMG helped to damage his reputation by distributing Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us
A federal judge has thrown out Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG), rulin…
6 months ago
Universal deny that head Lucian Grainge was personally involved in Kendrick Lamar attack on Drake ○
UMG have called for Drake’s motion to include Grainge’s communications on the matter to be denied, calling it ‘so strained’ as to ‘defy credulity’
Universal Music Group has denied new allegations made…
Drake lawyers allege Universal head Lucian Grainge ‘personally involved’ in Kendrick Lamar diss track ○
Lawyers for Universal Music Group deny that British chief exec had any ‘meaningful involvement’ in the promotion of allegedly defamatory track Not Like Us
As Drake’s lawsuit continues against his reco…
7 months ago
Taylor Swift’s Universal Music probed by EU over purchase of indie competitor ○
BRUSSELS ― The European Commission announced it will launch a full-scale antitrust probe into Universal Music Group (UMG)’s proposed acquisition of Downtown Music over concerns that it will restrict …
10 months ago
Drake expands lawsuit against Universal Music Group, alleging defamation at Super Bowl ○
Lawsuit argues Kendrick Lamar’s half-time performance ‘further solidified’ public belief in allegations made in diss track Not Like Us, but UMG calls amendment ‘absurd’
Drake has expanded his lawsuit …
11 months ago
‘Drake lost a rap battle’: Universal files motion to dismiss rapper’s ‘misguided’ lawsuit ○
Drake’s attorneys accuse Universal of being ‘a greedy company’ that is ‘finally being held responsible for profiting from dangerous misinformation’.
Universal Music Group have moved to dismiss Drake’s…
Drake's label says lawsuit over Lamar's 'Not Like Us' should be dismissed ○
UMG said the lyrics to "Not Like Us," which according to Drake brand him a pedophile, are "rhetorical hyperbole" and protected by the First Amendment.
12 months ago
‘Betrayed by the system’: Chappell Roan sparks debate over pay and healthcare in pop ○
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The singer castigated record labels in her Grammys speech – but, as music industry insiders explain, issues around artist health and support run even deeper
At this year’s Grammys, as she accepted the…
13 months ago
Drake withdraws legal petition over Kendrick Lamar diss track ○
Drake had alleged Universal Music Group and Spotify each manipulated the popularity of Lamar’s track Not Like Us
Drake has withdrawn a legal challenge he made against his own label, Universal Music Gr…