Wasserman Music launched in April 2021 with the acquisition of Paradigm’s North American live music representation business
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Warner Music Group launches in-house podcast network, Interval Presents, led by Allan Coye
WMG labels and digital editorial brands will continue to produce podcast content under their own banners
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Nearly 80% of artists on Spotify have fewer than 50 monthly listeners
There is an ocean of music on Spotify that is a very long way from being popular
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After teaming up with SoundCloud, Splice partners with African music streaming service, Boomplay
Companies to introduce ‘beat battle’ and new series of sample packs and collections called ‘Beyond Afrobeats’
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Having paid $222m to artists in 2021, TuneCore has now surpassed total payouts of $2.5bn
Artists using the platform have achieved 500bn streams and 700m downloads
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Glenn Mendlinger promoted to EVP of Republic Records and President of Imperial Music
Mendlinger is based out of the company’s global headquarters in New York
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‘Web3 will be a building block for every musician in the future.’
Justin Blau tells MBW how Royal wants to be positioned in the music business, and gives us his predictions for the NFT space…
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Nick Bral promoted to Vice President, Creative, at Sony Music Publishing
Bral will be responsible for managing songwriter relations and fostering creative collaboration on behalf of the company’s U.S. roster
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NFT platform SoundMint raises $1.7m led by the Sandbox parent Animoca Brands
SoundMint says that its NFTs are musical compositions derived from stems
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Mojo Music & Media acquires stakes in catalogs of Bob Morrison and Jerry Reed
Mojo acquires 50% interest in the publishing catalog of Bob Morrison, and the writer share, artist and record royalties of Jerry Reed
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