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😼 Here's WTF happened this week:

Veronica Pardo on the current moment in arts leadership, the public and educational lending schemes are coming together under new legislation and new research demonstrates the crucial role of community radio in supporting Australian music.

Read the full round-up at elliottbledsoe.wtf.
https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-35/

#ArtsLeadership #PublicLendingRights #CommunityRadio #Music

WTF now?! #35 – Thursday 14–Wednesday 20 May 2026

Compliance and complacency in arts leadership called out but will calls for change be heard? Australia’s public and education lending rights scheme have been updated. And community radio is the unsung cheerleader of Australian music.

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😼 And the unfair dismissal case between Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and pianist Jayson Gillham is before the courts. Plus there are updates on Jo Loewenthal’s push for transparency in the global music royalty system and Paramount is proactively upselling the Warner Bros. merger.

Read the full round-up at elliottbledsoe.wtf.
https://elliottbledsoe.wtf/wtf-now-35/

#MusicRoyalties #CollectingSocieties

WTF now?! #35 – Thursday 14–Wednesday 20 May 2026

Compliance and complacency in arts leadership called out but will calls for change be heard? Australia’s public and education lending rights scheme have been updated. And community radio is the unsung cheerleader of Australian music.

elliottbledsoe.wtf