Bandier sent a wide-ranging final note to staff ahead of his departure in March 2019
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Ed Sheeran’s Divide tour generated $432m in 2018 – a new world record
Sheeran and Taylor Swift secure the year’s two biggest tours
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Taylor Swift Uses Facial Recognition At Shows To Stop Stalkers
The use of facial recognition at live events has become public with the recent report that it was used at Taylor Swift’s Rose Bowl concert on May 18th to spot potential stalkers. A facial recognition camera was placed into a kiosk that ostensibly displayed rehearsal clips of Taylor’s Reputation tour,…
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Taylor Swift And The Rise Of Label Services [Mark Mulligan]
Last week, Taylor Swift announced her new deal with Universal, which included a gift to thousands of other UMG artists in the form of Spotify stock revenue distributions. Swift’s label move is also part of an important trend, writes MIDiA’s Mark Mulligan; and that’s the rise of the label services…
How Taylor Swift’s major act of generosity will affect $280m+ of Universal’s money
Why the pop icon is also, in one regard, a punk-rock rebel
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Taylor Swift’s UMG Deal Includes A Gift To Other Artists
Taylor Swift has once again used her power to help hundreds of other musicians. Universal Music Group will share profits from the sale of Spotify stock with artists that have not recouped their advances. While this almost unprecedented payment promise will match Sony’s Spotify payments, the real person to thank…
Taylor Swift Exits Big Machine For Universal Music Group
Just a month after becoming a free agent, Taylor Swift has announced a global deal with Universal Music Group and its Republic Records imprint. The superstar has been with indie label Big Machine since 2006, selling more than 32 million albums in the US alone. As part of the new…
Universal will ignore artists’ unrecouped balances when it pays out Spotify share money… thanks to Taylor Swift
‘They have generously agreed to this, at what they believe will be much better terms than paid out previously by other major labels.’
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Taylor Swift signs new global recordings deal with Universal Music Group
Direct agreement signed for the world
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