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News from CMU Online Archives: September 2018

Bestival's money-lender is trying to buy the company

Bestival's money-lender is trying to buy the company

The loan company that recently filed legal papers confirming its intent to force the Bestival Group into administration yesterday said that it had now made an offer to buy the festival firm, a move that it says will assure Camp Bestival 2019 can go ahead.

The Bestival company itself confirmed last weekend that it had had "some financial challenges" of late. This followed media reports that money lender the Richmond Group – which seemingly loaned the festival £1.6 million early...

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Posted on: 27/09/2018Categories: News from CMU Online

Ricky Nelson estate sues Sony over international deductions on streaming money

Ricky Nelson estate sues Sony over international deductions on streaming money

The estate of 1950s pop star Ricky Nelson has sued Sony Music over a common royalties gripe. Namely, the way global music companies often make deductions to income as it moves its way around their various regional subsidiaries, before calculating what the artist is due under the terms of their record contract in their home country.

Such deductions have traditionally been common in the record industry. Partly because, when it comes to physical product, releasing a record in each new territory...

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Posted on: 27/09/2018Categories: News from CMU Online

Koko temporarily closed due to "structural issue"

Koko temporarily closed due to

Camden's Koko venue will be closed until next month, it has been announced, so that "a structural issue" can be dealt with. Several shows affected by the closure have been moved to other venues, while others have been cancelled.

Operations Director of the venue's owner Mint Group, Larry Seymour, says in a statement: "Our consultant surveyors recently made us aware of a structural issue with this 117 year old building. The protection and well-being of our customers and staff is of paramount...

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Posted on: 27/09/2018Categories: News from CMU Online

Label that dropped Zex over sexual assault claims retracts allegations

Label that dropped Zex over sexual assault claims retracts allegations

The owner of a record label that dropped Canadian punk band Zex over sexual assault claims against guitarist Jo Capitalcide has withdrawn his allegations. In return the musician has dropped a defamation lawsuit against the label boss.

In a new statement on the record company's Facebook page, Magic Bullet founder Brent Eyestone says: "In September 2017, I published a statement on the website of Magic Bullet Records, and on Facebook, in which I made certain allegations about Jo Capitalcide,...

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Posted on: 27/09/2018Categories: News from CMU Online

Ticketmaster US continues to push back following touting exposé

Ticketmaster US continues to push back following touting exposé

Live Nation's Ticketmaster in the US continues to push back against criticism over its involvement in the secondary ticketing market Stateside following last week's exposé by the Toronto Star and CBC. In a new post on the company's corporate blog, the ticketing giant's President Jared Smith insists that at least some reporting and commentary around last week's revelations are based on a misunderstanding of what the firm's TradeDesk product does.

The Toronto Star/CBC report centred...

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Posted on: 27/09/2018Categories: News from CMU Online