Artists and managers protest proposed UK livestream tariff

There has been much controversy over what’s fact and what’s fiction in the fourth season of “The Crown”, and a former royal insider is coming forward to explain what the new season got wrong in its depiction of Prince Charles and Princess Diana.

The Crown Season 4. Mostly because random members of the royal household keep emerging with their opinions—including Former Royal Chef Darren McGrady.McGrady, who worked for the royal family for a full 15 years, told that the fourth season wasn't the most accurate, saying “My goodness, they really went for the artistic license.

The Crown took “artistic license” when exploring Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s relationship, former royal chef Darren McGrady exclusively told Us Weekly.The Royal Chef at Home author, 58, who was the personal chef to the royal family for 15 years, revealed that the first three seasons of the Netflix series were more accurate than the fourth.“My goodness, they really went for the artistic license,” he told Us in December while promoting his YouTube channel.

A new year brings many things, but chief among them for music fans is the chance to witness a new crop of artists reach new heights of success. 

Taylor Swift fans are in an uproar after the singer was removed from a famous Nashville mural celebrating country music legends and replaced with Brad Paisley. The famous exhibition, which exists in Music City's Legend's Corner at Fifth and Broadway, is getting an overhaul by artist Tim Davis, according to Fox 17.The removal of Swift is one of the first changes, and it has Swifties up in arms.

Clayton Davis It takes a village to make a motion picture come to life, with different departments and talents working together.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterSen. Thom Tillis on Tuesday unveiled an overhaul of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which is intended to make it easier to stamp out pirated content online.The bill seeks to revamp the current “notice and takedown” system — whereby copyright owners submit infringement notices to online service providers — with a “notice and stay down” provision.

BTS broke down their incredible music career during a new Vanity Fair clip.

Settebello Entertainment will represent producer-filmmaker and former NFL player and broadcaster Ed Cunningham in all areas.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSince the beginning of the pandemic, online music retailer Bandcamp has graciously waived its fees on the first Friday of every month, allowing nearly 100% of all sales to go to artists and labels — providing a rare opportunity to maximize the amount of that money that goes to artists.

TikTok released its "Year In Music" report yesterday, and the summary claims that over 70 artists who found success on the platform in 2020 all secured deals with major record labels.

By Jill SerjeantLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The organizers of the Grammy awards on Thursday launched an initiative to elevate Black voices at all levels of the music industry and ensure that Black artists are fairly compensated for their work. The #ChangeMusic Roadmap, launched by the Recording Academy and racial justice non profit Color of Change, said that Black contributions to the industry have historically been undervalued.

Yeah, so, TikTok has published a whole load of music-related stats for 2020 in an effort to show you just how very important it is now in terms of getting people interested in anything musical. For example, in the UK, ten songs that trended on the service this year went on to top the singles chart.

Bandcamp Fridays initiative has raised over $40 million (£29.68 million) in 2020 for artists and labels during the coronavirus pandemic.The online music platform and distribution service launched the initiative back in March to aid those musicians whose livelihoods have been disrupted by the pandemic, with Bandcamp waiving their revenue share to ensure that as close to 100% of the profits as possible from fan purchases, downloads and merch goes directly to artists and labels.Following nine

Gay Men’s Chorus artistic director, Tim Seelig, never imagined he’d be returning to the south where he was banished from the church due to his sexuality, but when the opportunity rose to dissipate misconceptions in a documentary, he knew he had to participate.

EXCLUSIVE: Range Media Partners has promoted associates Austin Lantero, Laura Reddy, Jen Trofa and Paige Wandling to manager.

EXCLUSIVE: Innovative Artists is bolstering its ranks in alternative and unscripted with the hire of Rabih Gholam, who has worked at companies including 51 Minds, Ryan Seacrest Productions and Evolution Media.

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the UK’s Music Managers Forum and Featured Artists Coalition’s anger at PRS For Music’s “unworkable” proposed royalty rates for livestreamed shows, plus our favourite music of 2020.SECTION TIMES01: Livestream rates (00:04:43)02: Tracks of 2020 (00:23:57)(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)SUBSCRIBE TO SETLISTListen to Setlist and sign up to receive new episodes for free

INDIANAPOLIS -- Neither woman could bring themselves to watch the video of George Floyd’s final moments, his neck pinned under a Minneapolis police officer’s knee.But as their city grieved, Leesa Kelly and Kenda Zellner-Smith found much-needed comfort in the messages of anguish and hope that appeared on boarded-up windows as residents turned miles of plywood into canvases.