BMG says that deal ‘redraws the map of the German music industry’
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Author archives: Music Business Worldwide
Matt Gralen named Chief Financial Officer at Beatport
Exec most recently served as EVP of Corporate Development at UnitedMasters
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Kyle Elwin appointed People and Culture Lead at Merlin
‘The opportunity to help nurture the people and culture at Merlin is an incredible opportunity,’ said Elwin
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From Suffering to Recovering: The stats that explain why the UK music industry is set for a dramatic post-lockdown comeback.
Will Page crunches the numbers of the UK’s live recovery, and streaming habits, to suggest a major rebound for the wiser business
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‘Streaming challenges can be met only by artists and labels working together.’
This MBW op/ed comes from Geoff Taylor, Chief Executive of the BPI, the UK’s trade body for the recorded music industry
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How to justify Bruce Springsteen’s skyrocketing ticket prices
MBW Reacts is a series of short comment pieces from the MBW team
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Sir Lucian Grainge on Universal’s new deal with Meta – and his belief that investment banks don’t ‘have the skill-sets or ability to exploit music rights’
Grainge was joined by Michael Nash and Boyd Muir on a call with analysts last week
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Is old music really exploding on TikTok, or has our definition of ‘catalog’ become outdated?
New Chartmetric report shines a light on relevant data within much-discussed industry issue
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After raising $37m in January, Symphonic Distribution buys marketing agency, Streaming Promotions
Founded in 2015, Streaming Promotions is based in Nashville
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Quincy Jones-backed NFT platform OneOf closes $8m funding round
New capital brings OneOf’s total funding to over $72m to date
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