December arabica coffee (KCZ25) on Friday closed -7.15 (-1.74%), and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX25) closed up +17 (+0.37%). Coffee prices on Friday closed mixed after Thursday’s sharp declines of -2.54% in NY arabica and -3.90% in robusta. Coffee prices fell back from Thursday’s 8.3-month nearest-futures high in arabica coffee and 5-week high in robusta
Rudi Klein is a barrister and director at KleinLegal Recent measures on improving payment practices have failed, yet again, to measure up to the extent of abuse in the industry. We all know about the devastating impact that such abuse has had on businesses over many years. It has sapped the industry’s ability to make
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Photo Credit: IMPALA Does Universal Music’s proposed Downtown purchase threaten cultural diversity? IMPALA believes so, and amid a high-stakes European Commission investigation, it’s once again come out swinging against the $775 million acquisition. Brussels-based IMPALA explored this comparatively little-discussed angle in a paper entitled “Universal/Downtown – Why does it matter from a cultural diversity perspective?”
Is the race for subscribers over? A breakdown of US-based DSP market share, Q3 2025 (Source: DMN Pro) YouTube was one of the first major players in music streaming, thanks to a video platform that quickly absorbed millions of music videos, live tracks, lyric videos, and sing-along covers. But given its immense first-mover advantage, why
Photo Credit: Catalina Federova Universal does not have to pay Dutch musicians Arriën Molema, Henk Westbroek, and Marinus de Goederen substantially more on streaming plays, an Amsterdam court ruled. Universal Music was victorious in a court case in Amsterdam that centered on whether the company underpaid three Dutch musicians in streaming royalties. According to an
Photo Credit: Frank Schwichtenberg / CC by 4.0 Let’s enjoy the Series in harmony, shall we? The MLB just picked Pharrell Williams as the headliner of a live performance to kick off Game One of the World Series on Friday, October 24th. On Thursday, MLB made a surprise announcement that musician and multi-hyphenate Pharrell Williams
San Francisco, CA, October 24, 2025 –(PR.com)– ZipWik today launched its beta document sharing platform that converts business documents into interactive links shareable across 22+ platforms including WhatsApp, Telegram, and others. The company is offering 50% off all plans to the first 1,000 beta subscribers. The platform transforms static files across 15+ formats—PDFs, PowerPoints, spreadsheets, and
US business activity regains speed in October; sentiment deteriorates
NEW YORK (AP) — The union representing Broadway’s musicians reached a tentative labor agreement with commercial producers on Thursday, averting a potentially crippling strike that would have silenced nearly two dozen musicals. The American Federation of Musicians Local 802 — which represents 1,200 musicians — had threatened to strike if they didn’t have a new
