Independent music company Concord has acquired British electronic and dance music indie Ninja Tune Records, the company founded in 1990 by artists Matt Black and Jonathan More (aka Coldcut), in an agreement that includes both the record label and its publishing division. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Concord said in a statement that the deal "vastly increases" Concord Label Group’s UK and European footprint and will provide Ninja Tune with "the additional resources necessary to...

The UK's Society of Authors (SoA) has launched the Human Authored scheme to help consumers identify works written by humans. The SoA said the initiative is a response to "a market increasingly flooded by AI-generated books." The scheme is understood to be the first of its kind launched by a UK trade association "to help protect an entire profession" in an environment dominated by "the absence of any measure by the Government to compel tech companies to label AI-generated outputs," explained the...

BMG has acquired the publishing and sound recordings catalogues of English new wave band A Flock of Seagulls, in a deal that grants BMG the ownership of the band’s publishing rights in the United States and a participation in publishing income globally. BMG has also acquired worldwide ownership of the sound recordings for the band’s core studio albums: 'A Flock of Seagulls' (1982), 'Listen' (1983), 'The Story of a Young Heart' (1984), and 'Dream Come True' (1986). Financial terms of the agreeme...