The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
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Author archives: Music Business Worldwide
Ryan Williams-Reid named Client Relationship Manager at financial management platform Voly
The UK-based Voly soft launched in September 2021
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Indie label agency Merlin strikes partnership with South Korean streaming app FLO
FLO was launched in 2018 by South Korea-headquartered Dreamus Company
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Warner to ‘mint shared memories as NFTs’ in partnership with $10m-backed Web3 startup POAP
Atlantic Records rapper Kevin Gates will incorporate POAPs into his Khaza Tour
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Myth-understandings: what price truth in musical memoirs?
Eamonn Forde explores mythology in music biopics and documentaries
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BMG to release first David Bowie film officially sanctioned by his estate
Tony Visconti to serve as the film’s music producer
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Universal’s merch company, Bravado, appoints Epic Rights co-founder Jesper Poulsen as General Manager
Poulsen was mentored by his fellow Epic Rights co-founder, Dell Furano
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Both of the UK’s two biggest independent albums in 2021 were over 6 years old
2021’s top-performing independent album in the UK was Arctic Monkeys’ 2013 release, AM
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Seven years after its IPO collapsed, Deezer is in talks to to go public again – via a SPAC
Len Blavatnik’s Access took control of Deezer via an equity acquisition in 2016
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Universal files flurry of trademark applications for Bored Ape NFT that hint at crypto and merch plans
Universal’s Web3 label 10:22PM bought a Bored Ape NFT for over $350,000 in March
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