Play It Again Sam, the Universal Music Group-owned music company, has signed British band Massive Attack to a global recording agreement. Play It Again Sam said the deal marks "a landmark partnership with one of the most influential and enduring acts in contemporary music." The band released five studio albums between 1991 ('Blue Lines') and 2010 ('Heligoland') through Virgin Records.

Massive Attack (Credit: Warren Du Preez)

“We’re honoured to welcome Massive Attack to Play It Again Sam," said...

French rights society SACEM celebrated its 175th anniversary by gathering at its headquarters in Neuilly-sur-Seine creators, policy-makers and industry personalities for the inaugural SACEM Day. The event was the occasion to reaffirm France's attachment to cultural exception, the sanctity of authors' rights, the need to enforce European cultural and tech sovereignty and the importance to establish a different framework for AI that respects the rights of creators.

SACEM"s Patrick Sigwalt

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Over 1,000 filmmakers, actors and industry professionals — including Jane Fonda, David Fincher, Denis Villeneuve, Joaquin Phoenix, Kristen Stewart and Mark Ruffalo — have signed an open letter in which they express their "unequivocal opposition" to the proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery by Paramount Skydance. In the letter, which was first disclosed by the New York Times, they claim that the merger will "further consolidate an already concentrated media landscape, reducin...