Cox becomes GM of Kobalt’s Nashville office, while Willoughby takes on the role of SVP of Business Development
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Universal inks exclusive global deal with Indian music superstar Badshah
Multi-year agreement includes future recordings, music publishing rights for non-film compositions, brand licensing and partnerships
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Warner Chappell Music expands presence in Asia with new office in Vietnam
Vince Kobler has been appointed as General Manager, Vietnam
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Universal Music Group posted almost $1bn in EBITDA profit in the first half of 2021
Recorded music streaming revenues leap up 29.7% year-on-year in Q2
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YouTube is now generating over $3m an hour from ads – more than $75m per day
Plus Sundar Pichai says he’s pleased with YouTube’s progress in subscriptions
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Primary Wave acquires music publishing catalog of songwriter and producer Steve Kipner
Included in the sale are several songs from Olivia Newton-John
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Bryan Adams signs global recordings deal with BMG
Agreement is his first new label deal in more than 40 years
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Ingrooves expands into Denmark, names Anne Sofie Jeremiassen as Country Manager for the region
Exec joins Ingrooves after spending the past two years teaching and consulting in the music business
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Spotify subscriptions grew to 165m in Q2, up by 7m on the previous quarter
Spotify published its financial results for Q2 2021 today (July 28)
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Having paid out $150m to creators, BeatStars launches Sony Music Publishing-backed publishing service
BeatStars says that “everyone” can now sign up to its Sony Music Publishing-backed publishing service
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