YouTube Shorts is launching a new set of features
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Author archives: Music Business Worldwide
Justin Prakash promoted to CFO of Concord Music Publishing and Concord Theatricals
Prakash replaces Kent Hoskins, who was promoted to CFO of Concord in March of this year
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Snoop Dogg to headline virtual festival on VenewLive – a livestream platform backed by HYBE, home of BTS
VenewLive is a project from a JV between Big Hit and Kiswe called KBYK Live, in which YG Entertainment and Universal Music Group have also invested
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Over 500,000 artists manage their lyrics through Musixmatch. Now it’s expanding into distribution.
New Musixmatch Pro service is set to launch in Q4 2021
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Virgin Music Label and Artist Services launches in Brazil
Brazilian superstar duo Henrique & Juliano join the Work Show roster as first signings under the agreement
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UK rap star Wretch 32 inks worldwide publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music
Agreement covers future works, plus back catalog
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Sony Music Publishing teams with Australia’s Alberts to rep AC/DC, Vanda, Young & Wright catalogs
Sony will administer the entire catalogs of the rock band and legendary songwriting team
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From Queen’s big money to Hipgnosis’ new fund-raise: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
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Portishead release ABBA SOS cover as SoundCloud exclusive via platform’s fan-powered royalties system
Release marks the first time the track will be commercially available on a major streaming platform
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TikTok is parking its tanks on YouTube’s lawn… as report says its users are more engaged than its rival’s
TikTok surpasses YouTube for average hours spent per month per user in both the US and the UK on Android
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