Jody Gerson has transformed Universal Music Publishing Group. But who is the woman behind the billion-dollar publisher?
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Why does the music industry still judge itself in weekly intervals?
Are charts which appear every seven days really cut out for the modern era?
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Who is the biggest hit songwriter working today?
According to MBW’s calculations, in the first half of 2019… it was Sony/ATV signing Louis Bell
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Troy Carter’s Q&A chooses Max Lousada’s Warner for deal offering artists an ‘upstream’ to a ‘global network’
“Having a partnership with WMG allows us to upstream independent artists that are looking to release through a major label system, therefore, enabling us to continue to add value at every stage of their career.”
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Spotify decides it doesn’t want to be a distributor after all
“The best way for us to serve artists and labels is to focus our resources on developing tools in areas where Spotify can uniquely benefit them.”
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Scott Borchetta: Big Machine offered Taylor Swift the chance to own her masters
“Taylor had every chance in the world to own not just her master recordings, but every video, photograph, everything associated to her career. She chose to leave.”
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Taylor Swift: Scooter Braun has ‘stripped me of my life’s work’
‘When I left my masters in Scott’s hands, I made peace with the fact that eventually he would sell them. Never in my worst nightmares did I imagine the buyer would be Scooter.’
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Big Machine Label Group (and its Taylor Swift albums) acquired by Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings
Ithaca Holdings LLC., a media holding company led by SB Projects founder Scooter Braun, has fully acquired Big Machine Label Group. The deal price was not disclosed, but a nine-figure acquisition sum was being rumored in recent months. (UPDATE: sources…
The Universal Music fire may be ‘heartbreaking’ – but don’t expect much impact on the music biz story of the year
“It is not clear to us that the fire in the LA storage facility should have any impact on either the valuation of UMG or the sale process.”
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Pete Tong named President of Three Six Zero Recordings
Tong was one of the earliest supporters of TSZ management client, Calvin Harris
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