Warner Music inks wide-ranging deal with Istanbul-based Doğan Group

Deal ranges from video content creation to physical distribution
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‘True superstars are often outliers – they bring the light to them rather than going to the light.’

Max Lousada on big buys, breaking artists, and his first year in charge of Warner’s global recorded music operation
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Johnny Hallyday album shatters records, selling more week-one units in France than Drake’s Scorpion did in the USA

MBW expects that the album generated more than $14m in a single week
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Forget Drake. The music sales story of the year could soon be Johnny Hallyday.

Mon Pays C’est L’amour shifted more than 630,000 copies in three days
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Sophie Jian appointed Senior Vice President, Finance and Operations, Warner Music Asia

Jian will be based in Warner Music’s Hong Kong office and report to Simon Robson, President, Warner Music Asia
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Warner and Sony buy $200m of shares in Tencent Music Entertainment ahead of streaming company’s US IPO

The two companies have banked more than $1bn from Spotify shares – what will TME bring their way?
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Aaron Bay-Schuck begins tenure as CEO of Warner Bros Records in Los Angeles

Ex-Interscope executive joins Tom Corson at head of historic WMG label
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Elektra Music Group hires Melanie Scull, Myra Dehais and Jason Martin

Mike Easterlin and Gregg Nadel’s new label group starts taking shape
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Spotify profit payouts: What’s the fairest way to recompense artists?

Annabella Coldrick of the Music Managers Forum dissects the main players to examine how they’re distributing cash windfall
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