In March, Epidemic Sound completed a $450m funding round
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Author archives: Music Business Worldwide
Primary Wave spends $60m on stakes in Paul Rodgers and America catalogs
Primary Wave acquires again
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AmazeVR secures $15m funding for virtual concert tech that uses Unreal Engine-based visual effects
Los Angeles-based company’s total raised is $30.8m
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Warner acquires Africa-based music distributor Africori
WMG says that Africori will continue to operate as an independent company, with current CEO, Yoel Kenan, remaining in post
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About that catalog music stat we published the other day…
MRC Data has issued a correction to its numbers for 2021. As a result, MBW has had to re-run our own calculations based on that data.
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Darius Van Arman named Chairperson of Merlin, as indie label agency elects new Board
He succeeds current Exceleration Music partner and former Epitaph executive Dave Hansen
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Tencent to acquire gaming device maker Black Shark to help it build the Metaverse (report)
Black Shark to shift focus to virtual reality, says report
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‘These last 18 months have taught me resilience, determination and that you just have to figure it out and keep going.’
Amy Morgan, manager of Glass Animals, discusses breaking the Oxford band around the world, working with Polydor/Republic and dealing with imposter syndrome…
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Italy’s entire Top 20 albums and Top 10 singles in 2021 were from local artists
Taxi Driver by Rkomi was the No.1 album in 2021
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Cosmos Music buys Ace Records catalog, including recordings by Etta James, B.B. King and more
Catalog amounts to some 9,000 masters and 3,000 compositions
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