David Crosby, alongside Graham Nash and Stephen Stills, have issued a statement to media confirming that they have “requested that their labels remove their collective recordings from Spotify”
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Downtown expands Legal and Business Affairs team with two senior executive promotions.
Claire Jacobs named VP of International Legal & Business Affairs, Amber Charania upped to Director of Legal & Business Affairs
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John Legend co-founds new NFT platform to ‘reshape the industry’ for artists and songwriters
“I helped found OurSong because I believe NFTs can change the way creators are discovered, improve how they serve their biggest fans, and reshape the industry as a whole.”
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Twitch strikes strategic partnership with indie label agency Merlin
‘It really is an exciting time to be an independent artist,’ says Tracy Chan, VP, Head of Music at Twitch
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‘I deal with things head on; that’s my job.’
S10’s Brandon Silverstein on managing two global stars: Anitta and Normani
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‘The music has much bigger plans and much bigger agendas than you do.’
Fred Again answers our questions on his process, and working with Ed Sheeran
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Josh Remsberg joins Warner Records as SVP, Commercial Revenue
Remsberg goes to Warner following two decades at Universal Music Group
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Emily Bines promoted to Vice President, Creative at Kobalt
‘Emily embodies Kobalt’s global creative ethos,’ says Chief Creative Officer, Sas Metcalfe
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Music NFT platform Opulous says it will ‘vigorously defend’ itself against Lil Yachty lawsuit
Firm says rapper gave it authorization to use his name and likeness in June 2021 announcement
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Sony generated $7.5bn across recorded music and publishing last year, up 24% YoY
Adele was, unsurprisingly, Sony’s biggest recorded music project in the last quarter of last year
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