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Support acts quit Ed Sheeran tour in solidarity with Macklemore

Pop star Ed Sheeran's opening acts and his own band have quit his U.S. tour in solidarity with rapper Macklemore, who was cut from the musical lineup over his "free Palestine" ​remarks on stage criticizing Israeli government actions in Gaza and the West Bank.

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UMG sues DistroKid for allegedly distributing AI 'slop' music

Universal Music Group sued DistroKid in Delaware federal court on Tuesday, accusing the ​online music distributor of infringing the label's copyrights and "flooding platforms with ‌AI-generated 'slop' that siphons revenue and listeners from the legitimate artists." The lawsuit, accused DistroKid of bolstering its streaming numbers and revenue with mass-uploaded, bot-generated "spam" music as well as "thousands" of unlicensed versions of ​UMG recordings.

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The Economics of Music Labels

How Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner generated $31 billion in revenue in one year.

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We Are Instrumental donates musical instruments to support Cambridge Performing Arts - Cambridge Central School District

We Are Instrumental (WAI) has generously donated a collection of musical instruments, valued at approximately $10,000, to the Partners of Cambridge Performing Arts (PCPA), a newly established booster organization dedicated to supporting the school’s music and drama programs. Additional instrument donations are expected to arrive in Cambridge before the start of the next school year. […]

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The Day the Music Burned

It was the biggest disaster in the history of the music business — and almost nobody knew. This is the story of the 2008 Universal fire.

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Arch Insurance Group Donates Electric Guitars to Support Student Musicians Through HAPCO – HAPCO Music Foundation

Music students at two Florida schools are gaining new opportunities to learn, create and grow thanks to a donation of electric guitars from Arch Insurance Group to HAPCO. As part of Arch’s Charity Guitar Build program, team members worked together to build nine brand-new electric guitars for students in need. The guitars were presented to HAPCO in January and distributed to student music programs…