Companies have additionally pledged ‘to experiment with exciting new features’
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Author archives: Music Business Worldwide
Ticketing platform Lyte raises another $5m as part of Series B round, bringing total funding to $53m
Additional investors include Uncorrelated, AllRise, Brian Distelburger and Ed Roman
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Bea Koramblyum promoted to Global Head of Business Affairs at Downtown
Downtown execs Corey Roberts and Carla Downs also promoted
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Jess Kinn joins One Fiinix live agency set up by Ed Sheeran agent Jon Ollier
Kinn joins from LIVENow and was also previously an agent at Paradigm Agency
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MBW’s Weekly Roundup: AWAL, Universal x Triller, Spotify, Sony, Neil Jacobson
The biggest music industry stories of the week, all in one place
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Triller: We don’t need Universal Music Group to run our business
Triller denies withholding artist payments from Universal. Universal says Triller’s claims are “removed from reality”
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Hipgnosis raises another $100m… led by Morgan Stanley money
Merck Mercuriadis delivers defiant message for his doubters in latest message to markets
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BMG restructures US repertoire operation as part of growth plan ‘to accelerate out of the pandemic’
Plan sees Thomas Scherer promoted to President, Repertoire & Marketing, Los Angeles and New York
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Warner Music Turkey signs pop star Edis Görgülü as part of partnership with Doğan Music
Warner Music Turkey and Doğan Music announced their joint venture early 2020
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Universal Music Group pulls catalog from Triller, says TikTok rival has ‘shamefully withheld payments’ to artists
World’s biggest rights-holder takes down huge catalog from video platform
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