29th Jun 2012
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In the build-up to Generator’s Music Futures Series event on the Future of Music Publishing on 5th July, The Gen’s Editor Paul Reed caught up with Polar Patrol Publishing MD Steve Farris. How did you get into the business?
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Early Bird tickets for The Great Escape 2013 are on-sale now, with three-day festival wristbands at just £35 and delegate passes for £80.
27th Jun 2012
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Ofcom has published an updated initial obligations code proposal for the Digital Economy Act (DEA), which may sound like a small step but is actually a giant leap for the Act coming into play.
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Glastonbury and Festival Republic have ended their partnership, after running the 177,500 capacity festival together for more than a decade.Melvin Benn’s Festival Republic (then still known as Mean Fiddler) took operational control of the festival in 2001 and acted as the license holders for the event, which has boasted consecutive record sell-out weekends and headline performances from Jay Z, Radiohead and Bruce Springsteen during that time.
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Alongside the extreme weather affecting the Isle of Wight festival and resulting in a Jodrell Bank cancellation at the weekend, there has also been a social media storm this week, with Blur announcing that they will debut two new tracks on Twitter and 6 Music revealing the most blogged about artists of the year so far.
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As Spotify finally lands on Blackberry’s App World, it has been revealed that the streaming service is now reportedly the second largest source of revenue for major labels, following iTunes.
20th Jun 2012
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Generator has teamed up with screen agency Northern Film and Media to launch an £8K commission for a filmmaker to put together a new video for XL Recordings artist SBTRKT.As part of the Transmission project, five shortlisted filmmakers will produce a DIY video for SBTRKT’s ‘Trails of the past’ track, going forward to be interviewed by a panel including both agencies and a representative from the label, with the winner awarded a production budget of £8K to make the final product.
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The BBC Trust has said the Radio One is falling short of expectations in attracting a younger audience to the station, with the average age of the audience at 30. The trust published a progress report saying: "Our aim that Radio 1 focuses more clearly on a young target audience so that its median age is within the target age group is still outstanding, although work is under way to address this issue”.
19th Jun 2012
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BBC talent show The Voice UK has been forced to cancel an 11-date tour due to poor ticket sales.
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The Director of acclaimed record shop doc ‘Sound it Out’ has launched ‘More than music’, a new website where fans can share stories about their favourite independent stores.
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