Hipgnosis founder pays tribute to all-time great songwriter – while making a point about the rewards great composers get from the music industry
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Lamont Dozier: Universal Music Group, Motown, Hipgnosis, Sony Music Publishing pay tribute
Major music industry names pay tribute to one of the greatest songwriters to emerge from the original Motown era
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Germany’s music publishing landscape transforms via €10m+ acquisition: Roba teams with fund to buy GERIG
Deal includes many evergreen in the German market, plus carnival, pop hits and more
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Warner Music joins UMG in inking revenue-sharing deal with Facebook / Meta
Deal was confirmed by Warner Music CEO Steve Cooper during an earnings call
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Session signs up as category sponsor at MBW’s 2022 A&R Awards in November
High-profile Swedish start-up backs the UK industry’s favourite awards event
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Investor appetite for Roblox wanes as bookings drop 4% in Q2, missing forecasts
Firm posted a net loss of $176.4 million in Q2
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Germany’s record business generated $1bn in the first half of the year, up 5.5% YoY
New H1 2022 figures have been published by German Music Industry Association (BVMI)
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Spotify has spent $1.2bn+ on companies to scale its non-music business over the past 3 years
A round-up on acquisitions made by Spotify over the past three years
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‘Independent and self-distributed artists will continue to erode the market dominance of Universal, Sony and Warner.’
Downtown CFO Tracy Maddux on the firm’s investment strategy, and his predictions for the independent artist sector…
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Music’s bond adventure continues, as SESAC and Hipgnosis both launch nine-figure offerings
SESAC used the money raised to buy Audio Network; Hipgnosis’ bonds will be priced next week. Both deals involve Blackstone.
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