In March, Epidemic Sound completed a $450m funding round
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Primary Wave spends $60m on stakes in Paul Rodgers and America catalogs
Primary Wave acquires again
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Point Blank Wrapped: Best Masterclasses, Talks and Tutorials of 2021
Over the course of 2021, we had the pleasure of working on a wealth of essential music-centric content. From masterclasses and track breakdowns with some of the most exciting artists in the industry to our own in-house tutorials, reviews, music videos and more, last year was certainly one to remember at Point Blank. To celebrate, we’ve created […]
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AmazeVR secures $15m funding for virtual concert tech that uses Unreal Engine-based visual effects
Los Angeles-based company’s total raised is $30.8m
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Warner acquires Africa-based music distributor Africori
WMG says that Africori will continue to operate as an independent company, with current CEO, Yoel Kenan, remaining in post
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About that catalog music stat we published the other day…
MRC Data has issued a correction to its numbers for 2021. As a result, MBW has had to re-run our own calculations based on that data.
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Darius Van Arman named Chairperson of Merlin, as indie label agency elects new Board
He succeeds current Exceleration Music partner and former Epitaph executive Dave Hansen
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Tencent to acquire gaming device maker Black Shark to help it build the Metaverse (report)
Black Shark to shift focus to virtual reality, says report
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Italy’s entire Top 20 albums and Top 10 singles in 2021 were from local artists
Taxi Driver by Rkomi was the No.1 album in 2021
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Cosmos Music buys Ace Records catalog, including recordings by Etta James, B.B. King and more
Catalog amounts to some 9,000 masters and 3,000 compositions
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