BeatBread offers advances ranging from $1,000 to $2 million per artist
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A new firm just raised over $100m to buy film and TV music rights – and it’s already made its first big acquisition
Catalog includes the film and TV music scores for Fantastic Beasts, the Hunger Games Trilogy, The Dark Knight, Maleficent and more
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Artists should take a principled stance against Spotify for songwriters
The following MBW Op/ed comes from David Israelite, the President and CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association
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Elliot Grainge acquires Homemade Projects label, founders Zach Friedman and Tony Talamo named Co-Presidents of 10K Projects
The Elliot Grainge-founded company has also acquired the Homemade Projects label
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Roberto Razzini joins Sony Music Publishing as Managing Director, Italy
Razzini will be responsible for overseeing Sony Music Publishing Italy’s operations
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Ex-Spotify CFO Barry McCarthy named new Peloton CEO, as firm cuts 2,800 jobs in ‘restructuring program’
Former Spotify CFO steps in as Peloton co-founder steps down
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Carly Mann named Executive Vice President, Marketing, at Three Six Zero
Mann joined Three Six Zero in 2015 as part of Calvin Harris’s management team
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Spotify says it can’t pay songwriters better royalty rates. It’s also spending $320 million on a Barcelona sponsorship deal.
Agreement with Spanish soccer giants expected to be announced this week
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Confirmed: The 3 major music companies jointly generated over $20bn last year (that’s over $2m per hour)
MBW crunches the 2021 numbers, and discovers a banner year for music’s biggest players
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Alice In Chains members Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Inez and William Duvall sell rights to Round Hill Music
Catalog comprises 94 compositions and 159 recordings
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