BMG revenues climbed 10% to $674m in 2019… with a 23% profit margin

Company’s revenues have grown more than 60% since 2015
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Confirmed: Music streaming WAS down last week amid Coronavirus quarantine… but not on YouTube

MBW takes a look at streaming across the globe, the US, Italy and the UK
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Confirmed: Music streaming WAS down last week amid Coronavirus quarantine… but not on YouTube

MBW takes a look at streaming across the globe, the US, Italy and the UK
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Emergency Coronavirus fund for songwriters worth up to $43m launched by GEMA in Germany

The €40m aid fund will be provided by GEMA in a two-stage program, PRO confirms
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The Weeknd enjoys major debut on Spotify with new album, racking up over 59m chart streams in a day

Drake’s Scorpion remains the record-holder for day one global streams with more than 132m
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Paradigm set to lay off over 100 staff – more than a seventh of its workforce – as Coronavirus live music lockdown hurts agencies

Paradigm CEO Sam Gores hopes redundancies will be “temporary”
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Songtradr sacrifices fees, giving 100% of sync money to artists, for a full month, in response to COVID-19 woes

“Artists have supported us through our journey. Now it’s time for us to step up and support them in a big way.”
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SoundCloud slashes SoundCloud Pro Unlimited price, partners with Twitch to help creators during Coronavirus live show shutdown

“We are all facing an unprecedented situation.”
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Confirmed: The Weeknd’s After Hours surpassed a million pre-adds on Apple Music ahead of release

“Let the music heal us during these dark times.”
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The Weeknd smashes Apple Music record, heading towards 1m global pre-adds of new album

After Hours already has 975,000 pre-adds – Apple’s digital equivalent of traditional pre-orders
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