Test includes increased prices for Premium Individual, Duo and Family plans of £10.99, £14.99 and £19.99, respectively
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Author archives: Music Business Worldwide
Epidemic Sound valued at $1.4bn as Blackstone joins $450m investment round in Swedish company
Controversial Swedish music company achieves the $1bn-plus valuation it was looking for
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Anthony Martini named CEO of Royalty Exchange
Most recently, Martini founded independent record label Commission Records
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Sony’s latest Unreal Engine project is an immersive music video for RCA artist Tate McRae
New ‘3D immersive experience’ for her hit, you broke me first, is powered by Epic Games’ Unreal Engine
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The Washington Post’s Miki Toliver King named President of lyrics platform Genius
King will join Genius in Q2 2021 and work alongside its co-founder and CEO, Tom Lehman
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Belgian Association of Authors, Composers and Publishers joins pan-European ICE Core license
Sabam manages the rights of more than 42,000 members
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Spotify reinstates K-Pop tracks from Kakao Entertainment as companies reach global licensing deal
Content is also available in South Korea for the first time
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TuneCore launches operations in Latin America, headed up by Bruno Duque
The move follows the launch of the company’s operations in Africa last month
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Guillermo Ramos named General Manager of Virgin Music Label & Artist Services UK
Ramos joins from Island Records UK where he spent 10 years
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BTS were the world’s biggest-selling recording artist last year. But for the first time ever, no British acts made the Top 10.
Universal Music Group acts claimed nine (and a bit) in the IFPI’s Top 10 chart
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