In 2012, the European Commission banned UMG from making a wide range of deals in Europe. That ban just expired.
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Explorer1 Music buys crowdfunding platform Music Benefactors
EX1 plans to relaunch Music Benefactors as a new technology and marketing platform
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Warner Records strikes JV with Mel Carter’s Second Estate Records
Carter will also serve as a consultant to the Warner Records A&R team
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A&R Icon Award to be sponsored by YouTube at A&R Awards in London
Global music video giant supports category of legends at November’s A&R Awards
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Point Blank Launch 3 New International Diplomas: Sign Up Now
We’re excited to announce that Point Blank has launched three new international diplomas, including the International Music Production & Vocal Performance Diploma, the International Music Production & Sound Engineering Diploma and the International Music Production & DJ Diploma. Point Blank has been championed by the likes of Claude VonStroke, Felix Jaehn and many more and features regular […]
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Apple Music reaches 100m song milestone. Rival Spotify has ‘over 80m’ on its own platform
‘We’ve gone from 1,000 songs in your pocket to 100,000x that on Apple Music,’ says Apple Music’s Global Head of Editorial Rachel Newman
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Soulwax’s classic 2ManyDJs album is finally coming to Spotify – kicking off the 40th anniversary celebrations of [PIAS]
Kenny Gates and Michel Lambot launched [PIAS] in 1982
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UK music licensing company PPL paid out $16.4m of international revenue to performers and rightsholders in Q3
PPL says that its Q3 payout total is made up of international revenues collected from 73 CMOs worldwide
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Hipgnosis Songs Fund secures new $700m debt package, ‘materially’ reducing interest burden on its borrowing
Hipgnosis Songs Fund is now looking to fix the rate applied to the majority of its debt
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Triller secures $310 million investment ahead of planned Q4 IPO
The big money keeps on moving in the music industry…
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