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Take MTV, Subtract The M, And Then Most Of The TV As Well

In Britain, after December 31st, MTV will be no more - for the most part. “The flagship channel, MTV HD, will remain on air, showing reality series including Naked Dating UK and Geordie Shore.” - BBC

Judge Rules Music Publishers Can Sue Anthropic Over Copyright

US District Judge Eumi Lee on Monday ruled that Universal Music Group, Concord Music Group and ABKCO can press forward with claims that Anthropic bears legal responsibility when users of its Claude chatbot generate copyrighted lyrics. - Music Business Worldwide

Former Houston Symphony Music Director Has A(nother) Big New Job

Andrés Orozco-Estrada, who was in Houston from 2014 to 2022, will become music director of the Swedish Radio Symphony next fall. He is also music director of the orchestra and opera house in Cologne and is now in his last season as chief conductor of the RAI National Symphony in Turin. - Moto Perpetuo

New Venice Music Biennale Director Spins Another Take On Contemporary Music

The invitation for Caterina Barbieri to lead the Music Biennale gave “a platform to another side of contemporary music that is generally excluded from these more institutional places.” There is “another scene that often doesn’t get taken quite as seriously because it’s not as technically virtuosic.”  - The New York Times

Musicians At Venice’s Opera House Declare Strike To Protest New Conductor

“The strike will be held on Friday 17 October, the date of the opera house’s first performance of a run of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck, which will close its 2024-25 season. The theatre’s musicians and staff have for months called for Beatrice Venezi’s appointment as music director to be revoked.” - The Guardian

Chicago Indie Music Venues Protest Big Live Nation Project

A group of independent music venues in Chicago have come together to protest the building of Lincoln Yards, a $5 billion new development on the city's North side, which is set to include three to five new concert halls run by Live Nation. - Pitchfork

Offstage Drama At Opera Carolina As Ousted Director Makes Attention-Getting Video

“James Meena, former principal conductor and artistic director for (the Charlotte-based company), said he took to Facebook to refute ‘unsubstantiated rumors’ by (board members and staffers) at the opera company that he stole money from the group and that artists weren’t paid because of that.” - The Charlotte Observer (Yahoo!)

Hildur Guðnadóttir On Her Scores For “Joker”, “Tár”, And “Hedda” — And What Women Composers Still Face In Hollywood

“I’ve been asked, straight up, if I could ‘handle’ composing for a big film because I’m a woman. I was asked that after I won the Oscar (for Joker). This isn’t ancient history.” - The Hollywood Reporter

Did The Postwar Modernists Ruin The Whole Idea Of New Classical Music For Everyone Else?

Countless casual classical listeners will tell you they hate the “new stuff.” When asked for an example, they’ll cite some highly dissonant music written between 40 and 80 years ago — in a “modern” style which hasn’t been dominant in contemporary classical music (in North America, at least) for decades. - The New York Times

Alex Ross: The NY Phil’s And Met Opera’s Seasons Of Politics

Two things struck me about the launch of the Philharmonic season. First, the orchestra is embracing pluralism and diversity in the face of a right-wing Kulturkampf. - The New Yorker

How Taylor Swift’s Marketing Machine Guarantees Success

At time of writing, over 24 different versions of the CD and vinyl have been released. These include different colour vinyls, different cover images, signed editions and, most recently, CDs with unique tracks that are not available on streaming platforms. - The Conversation

One Of Georgia’s Biggest Opera Stars Is Leader Of Protests Against Government

Paata Burchuladze, a 70-year-old bass who had a major international career, has become a leader of mass opposition to the government of the pro-Putin Georgian Dream party. On October 4 he led a large rally in Tbilisi which led to an attempt by crowds to take over the presidential palace. - Civil Georgia

Unknown Music By Henry Purcell Discovered

“A team of musicologists has unearthed the printed score of a previously unknown Purcell song, as well as the original manuscript for various keyboard compositions, partly in the composer’s own hand – the first Purcell autograph to be found for more than 30 years.” - The Guardian

Over The Years, This Audio Editing Software Became Absolutely Terrible

Is a wholesale remaking of Audacity going to help sound engineers and musicians? Probably, but can they get beyond the awful new logo? - The Verge

Artists Don’t Feel Better About Spotify Just Because Founder Daniel Ek Sort Of Stepped Down

One artist who removed his music: “Spotify is going to have to make Herculean efforts to roll back tons of damaging choices they’ve introduced to their platform over the years. I don’t see that happening.” - The Verge (Archive Today)

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