He brings with him clients including Andy Shauf, Connan Mockasin, Charlie Cunningham, Enter Shikari and others
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Zeon Richards joins experience marketplace Pollen as Head of Hip Hop Partnerships
Exec was previously Head of A&R at Ministry of Sound Recordings
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TIDAL and SoundCloud now neck-and-neck in revenue terms, as Jay-Z streaming platform’s growth slowed in 2019
TIDAL turned over $167m in 2019; SoundCloud’s revenues that year shot up to $166m
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Kuke, a classical music platform from China, raises $50m in US IPO
Kuke Music is a provider of classical music licensing, a subscription music platform and education services in China
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Joel Katz exits law firm Greenberg Traurig
He was founding chairman of the firm’s global entertainment and media practice
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Germany generated 139bn music streams during COVID-hit 2020, nearly a third more than in 2019
New report from GfK Entertainment and BVMI sheds light on the markets streaming figures
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BMG buys Mick Fleetwood’s royalties for an array of Fleetwood Mac hits – including TikTok sensation Dreams
Yet another member of Fleetwood Mac sells a chunk of his music to an acquisitive party in 2021
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Meet a new indie powerhouse: Exceleration Music, launched by Glen Barros, Dave Hansen, Charles Caldas, Amy Dietz and John Burk
New firm unveils high-profile executive team, partnership with Alligator Records, strategic alliance with The Ray Charles Foundation and relaunch of Candid Records
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UMPG buys catalog of songwriter and producer Louis Bell, including hits by Post Malone and The Jonas Brothers
Publisher has also signed Bell to an exclusive, global deal
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Judge upholds major labels’ billion dollar copyright victory against Cox Communications
“The court finds that the jury’s determination of the number of works infringed stands,” wrote Judge Liam O’Grady
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