Reservoir says that the acquisition builds on its emerging markets strategy
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Author archives: Music Business Worldwide
Chuck D sells catalog to Reach Music, three years after suing the indie publisher for allegedly withholding royalties
Company buys 50% of copyright ownership interest and 100% of the writer’s share, including global administration rights, to Chuck D’s catalog
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YouTube says it paid the music industry over $6bn in the past year – with around $2bn coming from UGC
Right now, YouTube and Spotify appear to be keeping pace with one another
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Universal acquires mtheory’s label division; JT Myers and Nat Pastor to run UMG’s global artist services business
Execs appointed Co-CEOs of a new global division, Virgin Music Group
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Sir Lucian Grainge on streaming growth, catalog deals and the balance of power between labels vs. DSPs
Universal’s Chairman and CEO participated in a Q&A session at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference
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Béatrice Dumurgier appointed Chief Operating Officer of Believe
Exec “has a proven track record of successfully steering and scaling businesses”, says Believe
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Warner Music, Universal Music sued for patent infringement by Blue Spike over MQA encoding process
The cases against the two music giants is in relation to their partnership with MQA Ltd.
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‘With production music, there are no limits on the opportunities we can bring emerging talent’
West One Music’s Global CEO Edwin Cox tells us more about the firm’s origins, the evolution of the production music space, and how the globalisation of media has changed the way the company licenses its music
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2,000 artists and creatives in Ireland to be paid basic income of $330 per week under new pilot scheme
Ireland’s Basic Income for the Arts pilot is a three-year research project
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Frank Rogers promoted to Chief Creative Officer at Spirit Music Group
Rogers will continue to oversee Spirit Music Nashville’s operational activities
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