Gaaga will lead the A&R division across English speaking markets
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Kate Bush had the biggest record in the UK last week, but she’s not No.1 on the Official Chart. This is a watershed moment for a music industry struggling to understand the meaning of ‘new’.
Kate Bush has been robbed in her home nation. The music industry must learn lessons from what it says.
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Gemma Reilly-Hammond named Managing Director at Quietus Management
The Quietus roster includes Simply Red, Simple Minds, Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders, Suede, Bill Wyman and alt.pop artist, Gorran
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Wasserman Music promotes five agents in London office
Laura Brown, Cecilia Chan, Suzie Melki, Lucy Putman and Holly Rowland have been promoted, all previously agents at Paradigm Music UK
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From Spotify’s 1bn user target to TuneCore’s pricing overhaul: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
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K-pop giant SM Entertainment strikes licensing deal with NetEase Cloud Music
NetEase Cloud Music granted the right to distribute SM’s music catalog
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After raising $200m and buying up rights in Asia, Korea’s Beyond Music wants ‘to conquer the global music IP market’
Seoul-based Beyond Music wants ‘to conquer the global music IP market’
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Music’s biggest companies are waiting for a Spotify price rise. For now, Spotify isn’t budging.
Daniel Ek is wondering if Netflix “didn’t get ahead of itself” with its streaming price rises…
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AI-based music licensing startup Songistry raises $5m
Los Angeles-based Songistry, an AI-based music technology company, has raised $5 million. The funding was based on a pro-forma $20 million valuation. On Songistry’s website, the company describes itself as “a frictionless discovery and lice…
Universal named as exclusive launch partner for AI-driven music platform that helps dementia patients
Vera app was developed and launched by Music Health
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