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New Orleans venue The Howlin’ Wolf sues StubHub over ‘false scarcity’ ticket ads, citing a $24.94 ticket listed at $76

The venue claims StubHub tells buyers that tickets are nearly gone while the venue itself still has its full allocation on sale, at a fraction of the price. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/new-orleans-venue-the-howlin-wolf-sues-stubhub-over-false-scarcity-ticket-ads-citing-a-24-94-ticket-listed-at-76/

MNRK Music Group acquires recorded catalog of Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society

Catalog spans more than two decades and contains 11 studio albums Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/mnrk-music-group-acquires-recorded-catalog-of-zakk-wyldes-black-label-society/

Samsung moves to dismiss Dua Lipa’s $15M lawsuit, arguing she holds no trademark in her own image

The motion is scheduled to be heard on December 14 in the US District Court for the Central District of California. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/samsung-moves-to-dismiss-dua-lipas-15m-lawsuit-arguing-she-holds-no-trademark-in-her-own-image/

AEG Presents invests in Greenhouse Talent, which promotes nearly 1,500 events a year across Belgium and the Netherlands

Greenhouse Talent will continue to operate from Ghent and Breda under its existing leadership. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/aeg-presents-invests-in-greenhouse-talent-which-promotes-nearly-1500-events-a-year-across-belgium-and-the-netherlands/

Suno hires ex-Hightouch CFO Cherry Miao as its first finance chief: ‘Music is one of the things that makes humans human’

Miao oversaw finance, legal, data and revenue operations at Hightouch, and had been both a customer and an angel investor in the company before joining it. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-hires-ex-hightouch-cfo-cherry-miao-as-its-first-finance-chief-music-is-one-of-the-things-that-makes-humans-human/

DistroKid, distributing ‘roughly 40%’ of all new music, hasn’t yet signed IFPI’s new anti-fraud standards… unlike CD Baby.

DistroKid has not yet signed up, despite its claim to distribute "roughly 40%" of "all new music in the world" for over 4 million artists. Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/distrokid-which-distributes-up-to-40-of-all-new-music-hasnt-signed-ifpis-new-anti-fraud-standards-unlike-cd-baby/