Ryan Lofthouse is the manager who, amongst other things, has steered George Ezra’s career from ‘serious face’ skinhead to global superstar. Here he tells MBW about that success story, his partnership with Paul McDonald as Co-MDs of Closer and the secre…
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Record labels win $46.7m damages from US ISP in copyright infringement trial
Grande Communications ordered to pay $46.7m in damages to a group of record labels for infringement.
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With no merger in sight, $200m SPAC, The Music Acquisition Corp, sets date for shareholder vote to liquidate
Blank-check company foated on the New York Stock Exchange in February 2021
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Resso code hints at ‘TikTok Music’ global rollout preparation (report)
Code discovered within TikTok’s sister app Resso hints at further details about ByteDance’s music app plans
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Chris Blackwell to accept A&R Icon award at MBW’s A&R Awards in London this week
The UK-focused A&R Awards take place in central London on Tuesday
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From Live Nation’s 44m concertgoers in Q3 to Sony’s $2.15bn revenues… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip
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Curve Royalty Systems launches ‘Curve Lite’ platform for smaller labels, distributors and publishers
Pricing for the new Lite tier of Curve’s platform starts at GBP £20 per month, and is being targeted at independent record companies, music publishers and distributors.
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Over 44m people attended Live Nation concerts in Q3 2022 – it’s highest quarterly attendance ever
Concerts giant Live Nation just delivered what it says was its ‘biggest summer concert season in history’.
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Hipgnosis sponsors big two song-centric categories at A&R Awards
Long-term event supporter doubles down on A&R Awards sponsorship
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Firebird’s next big deal revealed: A substantial investment in Transgressive Records
Company buys stake in London-based independent label, MBW can reveal
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