Author archives: Music Business Worldwide

$500m-backed Saban’s first release surpasses 5 million plays on YouTube

Track is averaging over a million plays per day on the platform
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Official: Dan Chalmers named Director of YouTube Music in Europe, Middle East and Africa

Exec was previously President of ADA – Warner’s independent services and distribution arm – in the UK
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Tencent’s Move to Buy 10% of Universal Music Group Shows the Global Music Business Is In Excellent Health

Nue Agency founder Jesse Kirshbaum on the biggest music biz deal of the year
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Hasbro completes $3.8bn acquisition of Entertainment One

Hasbro now owns albums by the likes of Tupac, Dr Dre and Chuck Berry
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Sir Lucian Grainge: ‘No other music company has ever come close to matching what we achieved this year.’ 

‘It’s no accident that we have built the largest, most diverse, and most innovative music company in the world.’
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Centtrip predicts potential currency fluctuations as UK heads to the polls

Three likely election outcomes could see sterling move by as much as 10%, says fintech firm
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