Figure is more than 30 million MAUs smaller than Pandora’s audience in late 2014
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Author archives: Music Business Worldwide
South Korean game publisher Com2uS buys $47m worth of shares in K-Pop giant SM Entertainment (report)
Com2uS reportedly bought the shares between October 12 to October 31
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‘I think it’s great that so many changes are happening – but it needs to be just how things are, not a response.’
Adrian Sykes talks to Amber Davis, Head of A&R at Warner Chappell Music UK, about her career to date, her inspirations and her future ambitions…
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Adam Wright joins Merlin as Chief Financial Officer
Wright joins Merlin after three years as Director of Finance for Creative Artists Agency
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Universal Music Publishing Group strikes global deal to represent song catalog of Irving Berlin
Deal builds on UMPG’s existing relationship with Berlin’s estate
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Music funding platform beatBread launches exclusive investor network
New service lets music companies, distributors and ‘high net-worth’ individuals bid on catalog and new music projects
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Music tech firm VNUE plans to list on NASDAQ with $15m+ raise
Company has also struck a content with Brazil-based company Kokku
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Jaxsta introduces new metadata matching tool for rightsholders
Jaxsta houses more than 289 million official music credits from over 330 data partners
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‘The hardest thing in the world isn’t writing your first hit, it’s writing your second.’
The first song Evan Bogart wrote, before he even considered himself a songwriter, was SOS for Rihanna. All he had to do then was follow it up…
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Wise Music expands into Iceland, led by Inga Weisshappen
Wise Music Iceland will operate as a JV between Edition Wilhelm Hansen and Bosworth Music
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