Author archives: Murray Stassen

Sandbox VR secures $11m investment from Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Will Smith and others

New investment brings the company’s reported total to $83m in 2019
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Music analytics startup Soundcharts launches real-time global media web monitoring tool

Mentions promises to ‘help to spot local promotional opportunities’
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IFPI and WIN reveal cross-industry collaboration on centralized recording industry data exchange service

Roll-out of RDx to all rightsholders and MLCs is expected to start in 2020
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Spotify is hiring for a Global Head of Podcast Business Affairs who has closed deals ‘with commitments of $20m or more’

Individual will be tasked with securing a global slate of original and exclusively licensed podcasts
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Yellowcard sues Juice WRLD for $15m in copyright infringement lawsuit

Lawsuit alleges that Lucid Dreams infringes the copyright of Yellowcard song Holly Wood Died
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Marathon imprint MOVES Recordings enters wide-ranging agreement with Afro Nation

Exclusive collaboration will see MOVES Recordings and Afro Nation curate a series of new music
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