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AudioUK appoints Chloe Straw as Managing Director 9 June 2021 Audio production trade body AudioUK has appointed Chloe Straw as its new Managing Director. Straw was previously Head of Content and Production at award-winning production company We Are Grape, where she has been based for the last four years, in addition to working as a social media strategist. She has also worked with the BBC and production company Somethin’ Else. As well as being a Board member at AudioUK for two years from 201...

Metropolis Studios to host world’s first hybrid 5G Festival this weekend 9 June 2021 The first ever 5G Festival is set to take place this weekend, with a newly formed band performing live from two separate venues – London’s Metropolis Studios and the Brighton Dome on the UK’s south coast. The band, aptly named The Remotes, have never met each other before and will perform together live on Saturday 12 June via the 5G network.  The drummer will be based at Metropolis while the rest of th...

YouTube paid out more than $4 billion (£2.8bn) to the music industry over the last 12 months, according to new figures from the Google-owned video streaming platform.

British manufacturer Solid State Logic (SSL) has unveiled the UC1 controller, designed to take hardware plug-in control to the next level. 

UK charity Streets of London has launched a musician-backed campaign to help support people who are homeless in London.

Audio Engineers of Detroit has opened a new recording studio in midtown Detroit, opting for a 2- channel Neve Genesys Black console to power the studio's main control room.

Black and ethnically diverse employees make up just 1 in 5 of top music jobs, reveals UK Music survey 1 June 2021 Black, Asian and other ethnically diverse employees account for just 19.9% – or 1 in 5 – of top music jobs according to a new survey from UK Music, an organisation which represents the collective interests of the UK’s music industry. The organisation has released new data about the ethnic backgrounds of those working in the UK music industry, breaking down people’s ethnicity...

Deezer is revamping its Deezer Next initiative to offer more support to ‘homegrown’ talent.

The Montreux Jazz Festival (MJF) has unveiled the full line-up for its reduced-capacity event which will see up to 1,500 attendees each day.