Universal launches audio-visual content house Mercury Studios, led by CEO Alice Webb

Eagle Rock brand retired; Mercury Studios will produce content across performance/live, factual/reality, scripted, artist and filmmaker partnerships
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Spotify just invented AI technology that will police songwriter plagiarism

Spotify’s in-house AI expert, François Pachet, is a co-founder of the new technology, now being reviewed for a European patent
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MBW’s Weekly Roundup: SoundCloud, 0207 Def Jam, China, Big Hit, Simon Robson

Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s round-up is supported by Centtrip, which helps over 500 of the world’s…