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The Guardian
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Oasis in row with photo agencies over pictures from reunion shows
A row has broken out over restrictions imposed on how newspapers, magazines, TV broadcasters and digital publishers can use pictures taken at Oasis reunion gigs, as the band prepare to play the first night of what is expected to be the most profitable tour in UK history. Photo agencies and publishers have been told they can only use shots of the first concert, which takes place in Cardiff on Friday, for one year and then the rights revert back to the band and management. The industry norm is that such deals for independent photographers from agencies are struck in perpetuity, so publishers can continue to use shots for pieces such as band retrospectives, tributes and to illustrate future concerts. The News Media Coalition (NMC) – which represents national newspaper groups including Guardian News & Media, the Telegraph, the Sun and Times publisher News UK and the Mirror and Express owner Reach – has lodged a complaint after 11th-hour negotiations failed to sufficiently improve the terms. 'News photography has had a significant role in amplifying interest and telling the visual cultural story of artists such as Oasis, it's part of the legacy,' said Andrew Moger, the chief executive of the NMC. 'And that does not stop after 365 days.' It is understood that the initial terms proposed were for the right to use images for just one month. While the one-year permission deal has been agreed for the first gig, the NMC is pushing for better terms for the remaining 40 dates. It has written on behalf of news agencies and its news publisher members to Oasis's management about the restrictions imposed. 'Oasis Live 25 will attract editorial coverage throughout the 41-date tour and for years to come,' Moger said. 'We invite the concert organisers to withdraw the 'shelf-life' of such newsworthy material and not to diminish the copyright work of photographers who are in their own way artists too.' The NMC said that the 'highly unusual' restrictions would hit independent news agencies in the UK and abroad, as well as publishers and broadcasters who use stills to illustrate editorial reports. The row is the latest issue to beset the highly anticipated tour, which brings brothers Noel and Liam back together for the first time in 16 years. Earlier this week, it emerged that the UK competition watchdog ha written to Ticketmaster threatening legal action over the way it sold more than 900,000 tickets for the reunion gigs. In March, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published concerns that Ticketmaster may have misled fans, some of whom paid more than £350 for tickets with a face value of £150, in the way it priced tickets for the band's comeback gigs when they went on sale last August. The watchdog said that since then Ticketmaster had failed to provide any undertakings that it found acceptable to resolve the issue of the way it sold the tickets. The CMA is concerned that the ticketing company may have breached consumer protection law by labelling certain seats as 'platinum', and selling them for almost 2.5 times the price of standard equivalent tickets, without sufficiently explaining that they did not offer any additional benefits and were often located in the same area of a stadium as standard tickets. The regulator also said fans were not informed that there were two categories of standing tickets at different prices, with many waiting lengthy periods in online queues without understanding they would be paying much higher prices than they expected. Oasis was approached for comment.
Business Journals
23-04-2025
- Business
- Business Journals
Cool Sips to open 'dirty' drinks shop on the Upper East Side
The customizable beverage shop is expanding its New York City footprint. Here's the strategic reasoning behind its latest location. Following the success of his first two Cool Sips locations, founder Andrew Moger felt the time was right to open a third in a different kind of neighborhood. The "dirty" drink shop made its New York City debut at Rockefeller Center last year on March 1. That opening was quickly followed by a location in Manhattan's Seaport neighborhood that opened in late June. Now Cool Sips is opening on the Upper East Side at 1218 Lexington Ave. in a 1,000-square-foot space that has sat vacant since Covid. 'We chose the Upper East Side Location because really wanted to see how the concept does in a more residential neighborhood,' Moger told the New York Business Journal. 'If we are successful there, then there's a lot more white space for growth.' Cool Sips sells dirty drinks, which are beverages that take any base liquid — such as soda, an energy drink or iced tea — and add flavored syrups and creams to it. There are three categories on Cool Sips' menu: Signature Sips, starting at $6.25; Stuffed Sips, starting at $7.24; and Create Your Own Sip. 'I think what people really like is the ability to customize and personalize drinks to their choice,' Moger said. 'I also think people are looking for affordable treats, which is what we are. As much as we think of ourselves as a beverage concept, we also think of ourselves as a treat concept.' expand Cool Sips will bring its dirty drinks to the Upper East Side on Saturday. Alex Staniloff Cool Sips' reception in New York City has been strong. Moger said the company's year-over-year sales at Rockefeller Center are meaningfully higher. He points to a significant increase in large group orders and catering as one of the main drivers. The new location will offer the same core menu while also featuring two exclusive "Gossip Girl"-themed drinks after the TV show set in the neighborhood. The new Cool Sips is also in an area that Moger jokes should be called 'toothache alley' with candy store BonBon and luncheonette Lexington Candy Shop also on the block. 'There's a high density of schools in the area,' Moger said. 'Our brand resonates with millennials. We think our block on the Upper East Side is really optimally located.' Cool Sips' new shop is also in front of a Hampton Jitney bus stop. 'That particular stop gets a lot of people,' he said. 'We expect crowds during the summertime.' Ripco's JP Pirraglia and Dillon Ross represented Cool Sips in this deal with Time Equities Inc., the landlord. Sign up for the Business Journal's free daily newsletter to receive the latest business news impacting New York.
