After Spotify songwriter fallout, Apple Music inks 3-year deal to support UK’s Ivor Novello Awards

PRS For Music drops headline sponsorship to back two specific awards
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Sony Music challenges Amazon’s HD streaming service in Japan with official launch of Mora Qualitas

Service has been launched in partnership with Rhapsody International
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Allison Hamamura joins Anthem Entertainment as General Manager, West Coast, and Head of Label

Exec joins from the Aloha Music Group
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BMG Brazil signs first global recordings deal with rock group Ego Kill Talent

Band is currently recording their second album
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Sony Music and podcast producer Renay Richardson launch UK-based podcasting JV Broccoli Content

Agreement marks company’s first podcasting production joint venture outside the US
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US-based music video platform Triller raises $28m with ‘sights set on overtaking competitor TikTok’

App has 13m active monthly users and 60m total downloads
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Primary Wave buys music publishing & other rights of legendary producer Bob Ezrin

Ezrin-produced Alice Cooper’s Welcome To My Nightmare, Kiss’ Destroyer, Pink Floyd’s The Wall and other albums
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