Viscomi joins Voly from talent management company YMU
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Believe buys 25% stake in French indie label Play Two for around $14 million
“I am confident that we will work together to accelerate Play Two’s digital transition and open up new music segments to digital with our shared expertise and innovation.”
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‘The artists you stick with for a long time are those who understand that there are ups and downs.’
Verdigris Management founder Sam Denniston on managing two of the UK’s most acclaimed dance acts, life away from labels and avoiding the blame game…
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‘I used to listen to the charts and think, what’s all this sh**? But i couldn’t hate something I wanted to be successful at.’
He was the lead vocalist in one of Britain’s most hotly-tipped bands, before going on to join The Streets. Now, Rob Harvey is finding new levels of success as a pop songwriter…
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Bruce Springsteen in talks to sell catalog to Sony Music (report)
Is Bruce Springsteen’s catalog music’s next big-money deal?
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‘At the end of the day, we’re in this business because we’re music people.’
Ed Howard and Briony Turner have long been A&R stars of the UK industry. Now they’re running one of its premier labels – and making big changes…
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Yvan Boudillet joins Utopia Music as Head of Policy
Utopia now employs more than 170 people
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John Dawkins named UK Managing Director at Various Artists Management
Dawkins’ appointment is effective immediately, and he will be based in London
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YouTube’s ads business is now bigger than the entire global record business
MBW predicts that YouTube’s ad revenues could breach the $30 billion mark this year alone
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Universal Music Publishing China opens new office in Shanghai
The company says the move ‘significantly expands UMPG’s operations in China’
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