ByteDance reportedly started work on the app back in 2019
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The A&R Awards 2021: The finalists revealed!
Full list of finalists revealed ahead of sold-out November 9 event in London
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Karoliina Kanerva promoted to Head of International, Warner Music Nordics
Kanerva will move to Stockholm and report to Anders Lindberg, Marketing Director, Warner Music Nordics
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Martin Bandier, SESAC’s John Josephson, and Guy Oseary’s Sound Ventures join $5m funding round for blockchain streaming service Audius
The Chainsmokers, Nas, Jason Derulo and Pusha T also invest in platform
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Would AWAL really have thrived had it not been sold to Sony Music?
MBW crunches the numbers on AWAL, and asks if the UK competition watchdog is looking in the right direction
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Åsa Carild joins Utopia as its Head of Platform
Carild was formerly the CEO at the Nordic licensing hub Polaris
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Warner Music South Africa acquires local independent label Coleske
Coleske is the largest independent label focusing on Afrikaans repertoire
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Lyrics firm Genius acquired for $80m by MediaLab
Genius is a lyrics database, editorial publisher, and digital media company founded in August 2009.
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Gaming’s freemium model is making billions. For the music industry, it offers valuable lessons.
What the music industry can learn from the video games sector about the long-term power and potential of free content
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David Bowie’s entire catalog is coming to Warner Music from 2023
Bowie estate strikes deal to license entirety of icon’s recordings to Warner across the globe
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