The biggest deal of 2019 so far should close by the end of this week
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SoundExchange paid $953m to artists and labels last year – an all-time record
Organization now on cusp of surpassing $6bn in lifetime payouts to recorded music members
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Nigeria’s Mavin Records secures multi-million dollar investment from Kupanda Holdings
“Our mission is to grow Mavin Global into the music powerhouse of Africa,” says Don Jazzy
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SoundCloud revenues grew 80% to top $100m in 2017, as losses narrowed 27%
Subscription revenues nearly doubled in the year, up to $82m
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Create Music Group now shows daily YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music revenues to its artists
Company claims “artists have never seen this before from any distributor”
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Nick Burgess to start as Co-President of Warner’s Parlophone on February 1
Exec joins Mark Mitchell to run historic Warner label in London
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Spotify fake artists return – but who’s faking plays within user accounts?
MBW reveals that plays were being falsely attributed to users as far back as March last year
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These might be the 5 most powerful people in the music business – despite none of them working in the music business
Who are the bosses of the music industry’s bosses?
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Article 13: Music industry optimistic that re-drafted text can still crush YouTube ‘Value Gap’
John Phelan, Director General of publishers’ global body the ICMP, weighs in on the status of the Copyright Directive
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Universal’s investment in Pluto TV pays off as startup sells to Viacom for $340m
Major invested in Pluto in November 2014, alongside Nas’s investment vehicle
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