AWAL partners with Icelandair To Bring ‘A World Artists Love’ showcase to Iceland Airwaves; Alison Donald to Keynote Festival’s Music Conference

Iceland Airwaves Showcase to Feature Performances from Millie Turner, Joesef, Yaeger and More
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Spotify launches Daily Drive personalized news and music playlist in Germany

Daily Drive playlist is now available in a second market following US launch
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Primary Wave to buy stake in the music publishing catalog and master artist royalties of Styx member Tommy Shaw

Deal includes some of Shaw’s biggest hits from Styx such as Renegade, Fooling Yourself
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‘I’m basically becoming the Uber for African music.’

Mr Eazi has generated more than 900m streams worldwide and collaborated with the likes of Beyoncé. Now, the Afrobeats star and music executive is on a mission to empower the next generation…
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Bubba Sparxxx partners with Symphonic Distribution to launch new label

First project is a collaboration with Alexander Kingby called HellalujaH
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Labels ‘nervous’ about Apple Music & TV+ subscription bundle plan – report

The FT reports that bundle talks are at an early stage
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Spotify’s market cap value has fallen by $15bn in 14 months. Is declining ARPU freaking investors as much as record companies?

Without a hardware ‘get out’, is Spotify’s global pricing strategy on a road to nowhere?
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Spotify’s head of African music, Tunde Ogundipe, leaves service alongside Indian music expert Himanshu Suri

Execs were part of the team that worked on Spotify’s Global Cultures initiative
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Spring Aspers promoted to President, Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, Music

Exec joined Sony Pictures Entertainment a decade ago as EVP Music Creative Affairs
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