Spotify hires IFPI veteran Olivia Regnier as Legal Director, EU Regulatory Affairs

Regnier leaves behind 20 years at the recorded music trade body
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Plugin of The Week: oeksound Soothe

For this week’s Plugin of The Week live stream, JC and Carly will be taking a look at an innovative new plugin from Finnish company oeksound. Soothe is a spectral processor for suppressing resonances in the mid and high frequencies, which works by automatically detecting the resonances in the audio material and applying a reduction […]

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Spotify acquires blockchain firm to build ‘a more transparent music industry’

MediaChain Labs team brings crypto-currency knowledge to Spotify’s New York HQ

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The music business ‘must not be lulled into complacency’ as it returns to growth

Universal’s EVP of Digital, Michael Nash, on the music biz’s future potential

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Imagem USA extends publishing deal with The Irving Berlin Music Company

R&H Theatricals also renews its worldwide theatrical licensing representation agreement for Berlin musicals

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Universal’s Decca Publishing signs Max Richter to a global deal

Deal complements Richter’s recordings, which are released via UMG’s Deutsche Grammophon

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Universal Music Group valued at $22bn – three times what it was worth in 2013

Vivendi top brass reveals that music company has rejected two takeovers in past five years

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