Gelaw will be responsible for advancing songwriter development across Sony Music Publishing’s US roster
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Pharrell Williams, Justin Timberlake join $620m investment round in online security firm 1Password
Series C round raises the company’s valuation to $6.8bn
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With 11bn streams to date and annual revenues of $17m, Global Records is one of the CEE region’s biggest hits…
Romania’s Global Records is an independent heavyweight. Founded in 2008 by Lucian Ștefan, the Bucharest-headquartered music company reports to have generated 11 billion streams to date, and boasts a catalog of over 1,000 recordings and more than …
Lindsay Wagner joins UTA as Chief Diversity Officer
Exec to drive the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
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Utopia acquires the UK’s Proper Music Group, launches Distribution Services unit
Fast-growing music tech company acquires again
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Hipgnosis and Blackstone acquire 80% of Kenny Chesney’s recorded music royalties
Country superstar inks deal that also covers his neighboring rights and SoundExchange royalties
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Netflix raises prices in the US (again). Will Spotify refuse to follow (again)?
Netflix has raised its prices six times since 2014. Spotify has not kept up.
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Sync licensing company Cuesongs joins forces with Big Sync Music
Two Songtradr-owned companies to join under Big Sync Music name
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Spotify is still king of global streaming subscription – but it’s losing market share
New stats from Midia show that Spotify had a 31% share of the subscription market at the end of Q2 2021
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Priscilla Kotey promoted to SVP at Warner Music Ireland
Kotey has been part of Warner Music Ireland since 2008
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