Sony Music makes another move in the podcast space
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Rob Wells-led music tech startup ORFIUM acquires Japan-based content company Breaker INC
Breaker’s board of directors includes Shigeo Maruyama, ex-CEO of Sony Music Japan
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As vinyl sales soar, European pressing plant Record Industry and Bertus Distribution join forces
The combined entity says that its pressing capacity will be “practically doubled” to around 25 million units per year
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Concord turned down a buyout offer of $5 billion, suggest Bloomberg sources
Concord is majority owned by Michigan Retirement Systems
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‘We’ve never sat there and slagged off a competitor. If you get to that stage, you’ve lost it already.’
Caroline Elleray and Mark Gale made their name as A&R extraordinaires working with artists like Coldplay and Little Simz at Universal Music Publishing. Now the married couple are launching their own venture, Second Songs.
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Capitol Records UK launches dance label, Lift Me Up Records
Label launched in partnership with Belfast DJ and A&R Connor Coates
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Nuno Guerreiro promoted to Chief Technology Officer at Kobalt
The company’s previous CTO, Rian Liebenberg, is stepping down
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From Universal’s unrecouped balance program to BMG’s $784m revenues: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
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Red Hot Chili Peppers receive Star on Hollywood Walk Of Fame
Merck Mercuriadis, who acquired the band’s song catalog last year at Hipgnosis, pays tribute
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Confirmed: Universal IS disregarding unrecouped balances for heritage artists
UMG launches ‘worldwide goodwill program for certain legacy featured recording artists and songwriters’
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