Author archives: Music Business Worldwide

Hipgnosis Songs Fund backs A&R Awards with sponsorship of key category

Merck Mercuriadis firm sponsors Song Of The Year gong
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How to Turn a $147 Song into a $79 million Tour (Or: How Songwriters Are Getting Stiffed On Live Music Royalties)

TuneCore’s Chris Dampier explains the measly rewards being passed to songwriters from sell-out concerts
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Bucks Music Group signs Zand to exclusive worldwide publishing deal

‘Zand is one of those rare people that simply embodies art and creativity.’
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Show4me: ‘We want to bring back the value of music as an artform.’

Show4me founder and CEO, Karen Chiftalaryan, discusses the platform and its unique attributes
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‘Think Billie Eilish meets Lil Nas X, but more organic…’

Lucas Keller, founder of Milk + Honey, sounds off on record label A&R…
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Hayley Marchant joins fast-rising UK company Catalyst Management as GM

‘Hayley’s vast knowledge in marketing records with global rollouts is highly impressive and she is the perfect fit to help expand Catalyst in the right direction.”
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When it comes to music distribution, artists should beware of the industry’s tourists

Nick Gordon of Symphonic Distribution gives his view on those offering incredible deals to artists
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Spotify hires former VICE Media exec Cameron Farrelly as Global Creative Director

“I will be developing campaigns, activation and original IP that the world will obsess about”
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How Amazon Fire TV is helping Vevo grow its reach beyond YouTube

Today, says Vevo, an average of 20% of its streams in the US take place on connected televisions
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