Warner boss Steve Cooper talks TikTok and Peloton revenues, the rise of virtual artists, and the value of record labels

Cooper was grilled about the company’s earnings on a call with analysts this week. Here are some things that stood out for us…
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Warner Music Group acquires assets of Doug Morris’s 12Tone Music

Warner Music Group (WMG) is acquiring the assets of 12Tone Music, the independent label founded in 2018 by veteran music executive, Doug Morris. Under this arrangement, Morris will continue to be actively engaged in the day-to-day activities of 12Tone …

Warner named as launch partner for new subscription-based music licensing platform for app developers

Adaptr’s pre-licensed library includes music from WMG’s artists and songwriters, BMG Records, Equal Vision Records, Vio Mobile, A-Train Distribution and more
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Warner is signing double the number of artists via AI-driven A&R tool Sodatone than it did last year. Now, it’s hired a global head of Data Science.

Data science expert Dr. Kobi Abayomi will lead analytics globally across WMG
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