The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
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Author archives: Music Business Worldwide
Australian music industry under review for ‘sexual harm, sexual harassment and systemic discrimination’
Alexandra Shehadie and Sam Turner to lead review of controversy-hit Australian business
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‘The music industry revolves around the song.’
ABBA songwriter Björn Ulvaeus discusses his songwriting craft, creative partnership with Benny Andersson, and offers his perspective on the modern music scene.
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Meet the organization that’s distributed over $250m in mechanical royalties to rightsholders this year
Kris Ahrend, CEO of The MLC, on The Mechanical Licensing Collective’s first year
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Utopia acquisition spree continues, as it buys ROSTR and ForTunes to launch new Creator Services Unit
Mark Williamson, CEO and co-founder of ROSTR, will head the newly founded business unit at Utopia as Vice President of Creator Services
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Universal to develop ‘virtual identities’ and NFTs for its artists in partnership with avatar tech firm Genies
‘We’re not bringing culture to NFTs and crypto. Genies and UMG together are bringing the power of NFTs and crypto to culture,’ says Genies CEO Akash Nigam
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Lauren Walsh named EVP of Branding and Marketing at Quality Control Music’s management arm
Walsh has over 20 years of experience in the world of brand strategy and sports marketing
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Various Artists Management and Artist First strike deal to discover and develop Italy-based talent for the global market
Various Artists has offices in London and Los Angeles
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Get Bucks: The Beatles are pushing D2C to breaking point
Eamonn Forde is taken aback by The Beatles’ clothing collection by Stella McCartney
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Mojo Music & Media buys entire publishing catalog of songwriter and producer Jacknife Lee
Catalog totals more than 200 songs and includes The Killers’ The Man
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