Instrumental inks UK partnership with Coda Agency to drive live opportunities for emerging artists

Deal will see Instrumental support Coda’s agents with data and insight
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Downtown’s Justin Kalifowitz to take part in keynote conversation at the Great Escape 2019

UK music conference also launches brand new day aimed at emerging artists
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MTV taps former Bleacher Report President Rory Brown as Head of Digital and Social

Brown was previously President at Bleacher Report
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Hipgnosis snaps up catalog of hit songs by Shawn Mendes co-writer Teddy Geiger

The six songs have achieved 23 No.1 chart positions globally
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Virtual DJ users can now stream and mix music directly from SoundCloud with new integration

Integration enables creators to stream and mix music from SoundCloud’s catalog
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Universal Music Group sale to Google ‘would be blocked’, says IMPALA

Last month MBW asked a huge question: Could Google buy Universal Music Group? Current UMG owner Vivendi is suspected to sell half, if not more of, the major music company for somewhere in the vicinity of $40 billion over the next year. Google parent co…

Primary Wave Music Publishing to acquire a stake of Leon Russell catalog

Primary Wave Music Publishing has partnered with the Estate of Leon Russell to acquire a stake of the legendary singer and songwriter’s music catalog. As part of the deal with his estate, Primary Wave has acquired the music publishing and master record…