Atlantic to begin signing select artists to a jointly-operated Assemble Sound/Atlantic label
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Round Hill Royalty Fund acquires publishing rights from country singer/songwriter Niko Moon
Deal includes songs performed by Zac Brown Band, Avicii, and Sir Rosevelt
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Symphonic Distribution raises $37m, having generated $12m in net revenue in 2021
Long-time investor Ballast joins with NewSpring to back Jorge Brea’s Florida-headquartered company
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Warner buys David Bowie song catalog for $250m+
Allen Grubman said: “We are truly gratified that David Bowie’s body of music will now be in the capable hands of Warner Chappell Music Publishing.”
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Sony Music boss Rob Stringer awarded CBE in Queen’s New Year’s Honours
Stringer is one of a handful of music industry figures awarded in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours 2022
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Sony Music: AWAL would have ‘struggled to maintain its position’ if we hadn’t bought it
MBW has read Sony’s 48-page submission to the CMA: Here’s our summary
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US Judge recommends $80m+ in damages in case against stream-ripping services
A US Judge has recommended that operators of two stream-ripping sites pay over $80 million in damages for circumventing YouTube’s anti-piracy measures and infringing copyrights in audio recordings. The case was brought by the RIAA and more than a dozen…
‘My roots always lie in creating sounds and sonics from the ground up.’
The LA-based producer Tearce Kizzo talks about how jamming sessions in Stephen Colbert’s dressing room inspired one of 2021’s biggest albums
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SoundExchange royalties dispute with Music Choice to be referred to Copyright Royalty Board
SoundExchange launched action against Music Choice in April 2019 to recover underpaid royalties
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Tempo Music acquires publishing rights from producers Stefan Forrest, Morten Ristorp and Morten Pilegaard
Trio are best known for their work with Danish pop band Lukas Graham
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