Author archives: Murray Stassen

Spotify is launching its own news podcasts. Is it still a music company?

Spotify’s looking for a New York-based News & Documentary Podcast Producer
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Old Town Road originator BeatStars reaches $50m in royalties paid out to producers

Company earned over $20 million for its active producers in 2018 alone
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ASCAP Nashville VP Michael Martin to exit, Mike Sistad named as replacement

Kele Currier also upped to the position of Assistant Vice President
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Merck Mercuriadis’s Hipgnosis Songs Fund acquires catalog from Jason Aldean producer Michael Knox

Together with Jason Aldean, Knox has sold over 35m singles in addition to 18m albums
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J.R. McKee joins Todd Moscowitz’s Alamo Records as Head of Digital Sales & Revenue

McKee will oversee streaming strategy and marketing
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UMPG’s Jackie Alway awarded OBE for services to the music industry in Queen’s Birthday Honours

Alway is Executive VP International Legal & Industry Affairs at Universal Music Publishing Group
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