Fund will be deployed immediately to artists with qualifying tracks, as identified by the company’s platform
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Primary Wave strikes ‘multi-million dollar deal’ to buy music publishing catalog and master royalty stream from rock band Disturbed
Included in the deal is Disturbed’s hit Down With The Sickness
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Not only is Universal ‘music’s most innovative company’ according to Spotify… it’s also ‘willing to lean in more aggressively’ to SPOT’s new marketing tools
“Our hope and expectation will be that other labels, both the big ones [and] small ones will lean in more aggressively over time.”
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The Killers sell music publishing catalog to Eldridge, including hits like Mr. Brightside and Human
The Killers have sold 28m albums worldwide
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Bandcamp expands into ticketed livestreams, with Bandcamp Live
Platform is waiving its 10% fee for livestreams until March 31, 2021
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Sony-backed music creation and distribution startup Tully, founded by Joyner Lucas and manager Dhruv Joshi, launches new premium Platform
‘We continue to be impressed by their creative-first approach to Tully’s product evolution,’ says Dennis Kooker, President, Global Digital Business and US Sales, Sony Music Entertainment
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VR platform Sensorium Galaxy’s in-world tokens now listed and trading on cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex
Company expects that more than 1.8m users will use SENSO Tokens by the end of 2022
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SoundCloud launches profile verification ‘to help well-known artists stand out’
Eight artists including Billie Eilish, Wiz Khalifa and Trippie Redd have already been verified
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Amy Cranford promoted to SVP, Administration at Sony/ATV Nashville
Cranford is responsible for overseeing Sony/ATV’s administration initiatives
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Shazam surpasses 200m monthly active users worldwide
Tones and I’s single Dance Monkey also named as the most-Shazamed track ever
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