Manchester's Warehouse Project is set to implement the UK's first club-endorsed drug testing initiative after the death of a man who attended the club on Saturday night.
Nick Bonnie, of Gloucestershire, is thought to have died after ingesting what police believe to be contaminated pills sold as ecstasy.
Due to launch on October 12, the new Home Office-funded system will see a trailer set up outside the venue where tests will be carried out on substances either confiscated by security...
Posted on: 08/10/2013Categories: News from RotD
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Posted on: 08/10/2013Categories: Featured Client Profiles
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Whether music lover, industry professional, art enthusiast or avid festivalgoer - Germany's largest club festival presents more than 400 wide-ranging events in over 70 venues. Featuring international newcomers, an extensive arts programme, a business platform for companies and organisations in the international music and digital industry. The Reeperbahn Festival is one of the three most important music industry platforms in Europe and an indicator...
Posted on: 03/09/2013Categories: Industry Event News
As expected, Sony Corp has rejected proposals from one of its shareholders to sell off a slice of its US-headquartered entertainment business, to generate cash to help fund the revival of the Japanese conglom's flagging consumer electronics operations, and to force the firm's music, movie and TV companies to be more transparent to shareholders.
The Sony top guard have long denied recurrent rumours that a sale of its entertainment assets is on the agenda, though when Daniel Loeb, whose...
Posted on: 03/09/2013Categories: News from CMU Online
As expected, often controversial streaming service Grooveshark yesterday announced that it had settled its legal battle with EMI Music Publishing and signed a licensing agreement with the company. Exact details of the deal are confidential.
As previously reported, Grooveshark once had a licensing deal in place with both the recordings and publishing sides of EMI – back when both were still part of the same company – following the settlement of an earlier piece of litigation...
Posted on: 03/09/2013Categories: News from CMU Online
Warner Music yesterday announced a revamp of its top team following the mini-major's recent acquisition of the Parlophone Label Group, aka most of the European EMI assets Universal Music was forced to sell by the regulator when it bought the wider EMI record company last year.
The main development is that the Parlophone label – the main strand of the PLG in the UK – will be united with the Warner Bros UK label, and will be led by long-term EMI and Parlophone man Miles Leonard....
Posted on: 03/09/2013Categories: News from CMU Online
The French version of three-strikes has been revised so to remove the ultimate sanction of net disconnection, though a new fines system will be introduced that could penalise file-sharers earlier in the 'graduated response' process.
As much previously reported, France was one of the first countries to introduce a three-strikes style system for combating online piracy, with a special government agency called Hadopi set up to administer the procedure.
Under the system, rights owners...
Posted on: 03/09/2013Categories: News from CMU Online
Spotify doubled its revenues in 2012, but losses also rose as the streaming music platform seeks to expand in an increasingly competitive market.
According to the Financial Times, the latest financial filing from the digital firm in Luxembourg shows that revenues in 2012 went up from 190.4 million euros to 434.7 million euros, with the number of 'active users' rising to 20 million worldwide, over a quarter of which are paying premium service users. However, overall losses widened to 58.7...
Posted on: 03/09/2013Categories: News from CMU Online
UNITED KINGDOM Live Nation Entertainment-owned Ticketmaster (TM) has appointed Simon Presswell as its new UK MD.
Presswell, who will be based in the company's London office, will be responsible for the UK operation of the business, which includes more than 500 employees across London, Manchester, Stoke and Glasgow.
Posted on: 03/09/2013Categories: News from Audience Magazine
UNITED KINGDOM Speculation surrounds the future of Dean James, CEO of festivals and venues owner MAMA & Company, following reports he has suddenly left the company.
James, who founded MAMA with business partner Adam Driscoll in 2005, is officially "on leave" according to the firm, with chairman Richard Thompson taking over the handling of day-to-day operations in the interim, as Audience went to press. Driscoll left the company in 2010.
Posted on: 03/09/2013Categories: News from Audience Magazine