Sony documents show heavy job losses at historic major company
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Universal spent $38m on restructuring in the first half of 2016
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SoundCloud names Google exec CFO, tasked with ‘maintaining our financial health’
SoundCloud lost $44m in 2014 on revenues of $19m
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Former V2/Cooperative exec Neil Robertson joins Music Glue in Australia
Robertson is also a former manager of Belle & Sebastian
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PPL slashes anti-piracy spending as annual collections rise to £197m
BPI contributions cut by a million as staff costs grow by £1.3m
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PPL slashes anti-piracy spending as annual collections rise to £197m
BPI contributions cut by a million as staff costs grow by £1.3m
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Spotify is making its own records… and putting them on playlists
‘Chill’ playlists being infiltrated by Spotify-owned recordings, MBW learns
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UMPG pipped Sony/ATV to become top Gold & Platinum publisher in the US last month
UMPG – led by Chairman and CEO Jody Gerson – was the lead US publisher in July with 86 certifications
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BMG’s Thomas Scherer promoted to EVP BMG US Publishing
The exec now has direct responsibility for BMG’s LA and New York-based publishing creative teams
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BMG revenues top $200m in H1 2016, with an 18% profit margin
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