The biggest stories from the past five days in music
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Author archives: Music Business Worldwide
Nile Rodgers re-elected as Chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Nile Rodgers has already spent three years in the role
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The rise of Maneskin reminds the world of the power of Eurovision – and of Italian music.
“Does this signal the end of the Anglo-American dominance of popular music and a new-found pride for European countries in their domestic artists?”
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300 Entertainment launches invite-only DIY distribution platform, Sparta
300 claims that Sparta offers “unmatched delivery speed and flexibility”
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Imran Majid and Justin Eshak appointed Co-CEOs of Island Records
Eshak and Majid will join Island from Columbia Records
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Warner Music spends over $100m to buy David Guetta recordings catalog
Is Warner Music Group leaning towards hits created in the past 20 years?
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‘Loyal, passionate, hilarious’: Music biz mourns EMI’s Ashley Forbes
Popular Scottish executive worked at EMI Records / Virgin Records for over 30 years
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Sony Music buys the UK’s largest independent podcast maker, Somethin’ Else
“Our new global podcast division is key to our plans for a fast-paced expansion in the market, diversifying our creative abilities and providing a home for exciting content that will benefit millions of podcast-lovers around the world.”
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Hipgnosis is raising another $210 million via a new share issue on London Stock Exchange
Firm says money will buy a “substantial pipeline of songs”
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Opulous just raised $6.5 million. Now it wants more artists to sell NFTs through its platform.
Artists can sell both copyright NFTs and non-copyright NFTS through platform, thanks to recent Binance partnership
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