Exec has served as Vice President, Digital Commerce since 2016
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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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Downtown buys catalog of Motown legend Mickey Stevenson, including Martha Reeves hit Dancing In The Street
Deal covers Motown songs including Dancing In The Street, Stubborn Kind of Fellow and Devil With the Blue Dress
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Sony Music Masterworks and Wise Music Group ink strategic partnership to find artist and composer talent
Companies will work together to sign and develop new talent in the broad-based classical genre
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Mr. Eazi, Bun B, Tobe Nwigwe and more to speak at UnitedMasters’ second SelectCon virtual conference
Inaugural event attracted over 1m viewers in July
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Theo Battaglia promoted to Executive Vice President / Head of Creative at 10K Projects
Battaglia joined 10K Projects in 2019 as Head of Marketing
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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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Larry Mattera named General Manager of Capitol Records and EVP of Capitol Music Group
Mattera was most recently General Manager and Executive Vice President of Commerce & Marketing at Warner Records
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Stormzy signs to new 0207 Def Jam label at Universal Music UK
Signing announcement comes a week after Alec and Alex Boateng were officially unveiled as co-Presidents of the label
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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…