Fichtner joins the company from web hosting firm IONOS
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Author archives: Music Business Worldwide
After raising $34m, music funding platform beatBread names Advocacy Council including Mike Caren and more
Execs to give feedback on new features planned for the beatBread platform
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Swedish House Mafia sell master recordings and publishing catalogs to Pophouse
Pophouse has also appointed former Capitol Music Group Chairman & CEO Steve Barnett to its Investment Advisory Committee
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Remember Spotify’s fake artists? They’re still going strong – and still attracting scandal.
Have you heard of Firefly or Chillmi? Two of the biggest indie labels going, with so many artists on their books!
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Janet Kirker named Chief Product Officer at UK-based Synchtank
Synchtank completed a $5.8m Series A fundraise in November 2021
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‘Our industry has become so meshed with technology, yet we’re still battling to get many of those companies to see the value of music.’
Music business lawyer Erin M. Jacobson discusses lessons learned across her career, what managers and artists should be wary of from a legal perspective, exciting developments in music, and much more besides
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Zach Katz launches new music company, Carte Blanche, and joins FaZe Clan board
Zach Katz, the former President of BMG in the US and the co-founder of Scooter Braun’s Raised In Space, has quietly launched a new venture in music. Katz left Raised In Space – the L.A-based music-tech fund launched in 2019 – to start his own ven…
Melanie Rodriguez and Aisha Aga promoted to VP level at Better Noise Music
Aisha Aga has also been promoted to Vice President, Internal Communications, while Trish Sterling joins the company as Senior Label Manager.
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Diplo is the latest artist to let fans buy shares in his streaming royalties on $55m-backed NFT platform Royal
Follows a sale from Nas on the platform in January
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From Spotify’s $7bn payout in 2021, to the global record industry’s $25.9bn revenues: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
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