Warner has sold $400m of Spotify stock – and says it will share money with artists and label partners

Steve Cooper confirms that three-quarters of shares have been cashed in
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Warner recorded music revenues jump 15% to hit $791m in first quarter of 2018

Greatest Showman and Bruno Mars contribute to robust fiscal Q2 performance
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Global music rights database pilot launched with top music companies

Warner Music Group, Warner/Chappell, BMG and Global Music Rights on board
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Global recorded music industry revenues topped $17bn in 2017 – and independent artists generated $472m of it

Industry revenues have grown by over $2bn in past two years, says Midia Research
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Independent label RT Industries launches with divestments from Warner

Label founded by Craig Balsam and Cliff Chenfeld
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Here’s what the major labels are doing to fix their gender pay gaps

‘Our current gender pay gap numbers make starkly clear the need for us to accelerate the pace of change within our company’
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Atlantic Records launches hip-hop imprint No Jumper with Adam22

Label is an offshoot of YouTube channel No Jumper
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Warner Music sells live promoter Vivo Concerti to MD Clemente Zard

Sale follows similar moves from Warner in Germany and France
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