Justin Kalifowitz on why Downtown bought CD Baby owner AVL Digital

Downtown’s Founder and CEO was interviewed live on stage at The Great Escape in Brighton, UK
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UK Music industry demands Government investigation into ‘collapse of PledgeMusic’

UK Music CEO Michael Dugher calls for firm to be referred to UK’s Competition and Markets Authority
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Merck Mercuriadis’s Hipgnosis Songs Fund acquires Dave Stewart catalog

Company acquires 100% of Stewart’s copyright interest in his catalog
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UK songwriters could be losing out on millions in streaming royalties each year, says new MMF report

Report calls for urgent reform to the way in which repertoire is licensed to digital services
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Deezer’s free tier can be controlled with Amazon Alexa now, but not in the US and Japan

Feature will roll out to Alexa-enabled devices over the next two weeks
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