Music industry headlines: March 17, 2017
Here’s the music industry news you need to know this morning.
- Spotify to sign new licensing deals with major labels ‘within weeks’? – via MBW
- A Los Angeles judge has sided with Katy Perry in a legal battle that pitted the popstar against several nuns who tried to thwart Perry from purchasing a Los Feliz convent – via Stereogum
- Spotify will restrict some albums to its paid tier – via The Verge
- United Talent Agency (UTA) has appointed Mike “Mike G” Guirguis, Bex Majors and Billy Wood as agents – via MBW
- Vevo’s Watch Party feature is like Turntable.fm for music videos – via The Verge
- Tom Jones is in talks about a musical production based on his music. – via smooth radio
- Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich shares old rejection letter from Abbey Road Studios – via COS
- Performance rights in pre-1972 sound recordings issue taken up by California Supreme Court – via Billboard
- White House says defunding of arts programs, public broadcasting is “completely defensible” – via COS
- Experimental pop musician Anohni is asking fans for unorthodox compensation for a new track from her forthcoming EP, Paradise: “e-mail me at anohni@rebismusic.com and share with me in a sentence or two what you care most about, or your hopes for the future.” – via LA Times
- Azealia Banks ordered to undergo anger management after pleading guilty over boob-biting case – via NME
- Rihanna to star opposite Adam Driver in music drama ‘Annette’ – via Toronto Sun
- Google Home smart speaker is playing audio ads for Beauty and the Beast – via The Verge
- Scott Cutler, Chief Executive of StubHub: ‘There’s a a 50:50 split on the platform of people selling on their own tickets and “professional” traders’ via FT
- Blink-182 share new song “Parking Lot” from California deluxe edition – via COS
- James Blunt will perform a song he wrote for Carrie Fisher at her funeral – via TMZ
- Spotify considered ending Uber partnership amid mounting scandals. – via The Verge
- Ed Sheeran joins Glastonbury 2017 lineup as Sunday night headliner – via FACT
This article originally appeared on The Industry Observer, which is now part of The Music Network.
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