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Martin Talbot steps down as Chief Executive of the UK’s Official Charts Company

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Martin Talbot will step down at the end of April from his position of Chief Executive of the UK's Official Charts Company, the 50/50 joint venture between record labels' organisation the BPI and the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) in charge of compiling the British music charts, after almost two decades at the helm. Talbot took over the position in 2007, joining from music trade publication Music Week, where he served as Editor. Talbot is credited for having "navigated the transition f...

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Emmanuel is a Washington, DC-based freelance journalist, blogger and media consultant, specialising in the entertainment business and cultural trends. He was the US editor for British music industry trade publication Music Week. Previously, he was the editor of Impact, a magazine for the music publishing community (2007-2009), the global editor of US trade publication Billboard (2003-2006), and the editor in chief of Billboard’s sister publication Music & Media (1997-2003).

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Bridger signs deals with BMI, SUISA, MCT and ABRAMUS after getting Client Rights Management Entity status from CISAC

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Copyright management company Bridger, part of Winamp Group, has been confirmed as a Client Rights Management Entity (RME) by the International Confederation of Societies of Authors (CISAC). The new status enables direct relationships with collective management organisations worldwide. Following the signature of the CISAC Client RME agreement, Bridger has implemented the required business and technical framework in accordance with the CISAC requirements. Consequently, Bridger's repertoire has bee...

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Anghami and Cyanite partner to enrich songs using AI-generated music metadata

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March 24, 2026

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Streaming service Anghami and AI-powered metadata platform Cyanite have sealed a partnership to enhance music discovery with AI-powered metadata. Cyanite's scalable metadata infrastructure will power personalisation and discovery and provide more opportunities for Anghami users to discover music from the region. Anghami will integrate Cyanite's auto-tagging API to enhance its 2.5 million songs-strong catalogue with detailed audio-based metadata across mood, genre, energy, instrumentation, and m...

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Nielsen’s Gracenote sues OpenAI for using proprietary metadata without license or compensation

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Gracenote, the Nielsen-owned metadata and identification services company, has filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York a lawsuit against AI company OpenAI for copyright infringement. Gracenote is suing OpenAI for reportedly using its metadata without authorisation or compensation to train OpenAI's ChatGPT and other large models (LLMs), and for "copying the relational framework it uses to connect its metadata." “Being pro-AI and anti-theft aren’t contradictory; they a...

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