Buyout gives company a strategic recordings foothold in Nashville
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AEG buys stake in The Bowery Presents – and claims to be New York’s No.1 promoter
Independent promoter puts on more than 2,500 events every year
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SESAC signs multi-Grammy Award winner Roseanne Cash
Singer/songwriters joins Green Day, Randy Newman and others on firm’s books
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David Wolter exits RCA to head Virgin Records at Capitol Music Group
Exec will report into Ashley Newton at CMG in Hollywood
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BMG beats majors to acquire Jason Aldean label Broken Bow
BMG launches recorded music operation in Nashville through buyout
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Goldfingers sign global publishing deal with Imagem Music in the UK
Duo are currently working with John Newman and Camille Purcell
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Vevo now boasts almost 100m active users in the US market
Meanwhile, 43% of YouTube viewers are watching Vevo videos
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Google generated $90bn last year, 6 times more than the global recorded music business
Google turned over $89.8bn in 2016, withmore than $79bn coming from ads
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HMV Canada to close 102 stores as it goes under owing $43m
Labels and movie studios set to miss out on payment as firm meets sad end
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Facebook poaches key YouTube exec Tamara Hrivnak as global music strategy boss
Former Warner exec will head up company’s music strategy worldwide
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