The world’s biggest arms dealer, Lockheed Martin, is an investor in Pandora

Corporation’s asset management arm owns a slice of digital music company

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Kobalt signs partnership with Robb McDaniels’ Faction Entertainment

Faction hands its management partners equity in the business

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Glassnote’s The Strumbellas go Gold in the US with single Spirits

Band’s track Spirits has also gone double-platinum in Europe

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The A&R Awards 2016: Watch the highlights here

You’ve probably already seen Muff Winwood’s words of wisdom – and heard about Warner/Chappell’s Mike Smith collecting the first ever Sir George Martin Award from Damon Albarn. But there was so much more going on at MBW’s first A&R Awards in association with Abbey Road Studios on Wednesday (November 2). Winners at the UK-focused event … Continued

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Watch ‘humbled’ Mike Smith collect first ever Sir George Martin Award

Damon Albarn hands out special award to Warner/Chappell man at A&R Awards

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US music biz urges Government to back EU proposals to squeeze YouTube ‘value gap’

SESAC, SoundExchange and more are all on board

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US music biz urges Government to back EU proposals to squeeze YouTube ‘value gap’

SESAC, SoundExchange and more are all on board

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