2026 MAY 2026

– May 4-10: Departure Festival + Conference, formerly known as Canadian Music Week, at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto, Canada. – May 5-7: BIME Bogotá taking place at the Universidad Ean in Bogotá, Colombia. – May 11-14: Music Biz 2026 organised by the Music Business Association in Atlanta, Georgia, at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly. – May 13-16: The Great Escape in Brighton, England. JUNE 2026 – June 1-6: SXSW London&nb...

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WIPO's Daren Tang

Daren Tang, who served as Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) since 2020, has been confirmed for a second six-year term by WIPO’s 194 members during the General Assembly of the Geneva-based organisation. Tang was chosen by WIPO’s 83-member Coordination Committee in February 2026 as the next DG against Johanny Stanley Joseph from the Republic of Haiti. Tang received 81 votes in the first round against two for Joseph. Tang’s second ter...

"It’s thousands and thousands of Grips and Gaffers. Drivers and Decorators. Builders and Boom operators. Camera teams and Caterers. And they’re all about to get fucked. Hollywood mergers mean fewer movies and fewer TV shows and that means fewer jobs. When two storied backlots are owned by the same company, the outcome is intuitive —one becomes a Ghost Town. I’m scared. But I’m not a ghost."By Damon Lindelof, creator of 'Watchmen', commenting on the potential effect of the merger of Warner Bros. ...