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Windowing albums for Spotify’s premium users? I applaud you, UMG. Making those albums exclusive to Spotify? I will burn you, Universal Music Group. I woke up this morning to some pretty game-changing news. Universal Music Group and Spotify had finally completed a long-term licensing deal. Which means a lot of things, including that Spotify’s once-hopeless […]
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Sherman will retire at the end of next year after more than 40 years of service
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The market is up 5.5% in 2016 after generating AUS $352.2m (US $269.7m) in revenue
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Market generates more than $2bn, with download holding and streaming up 61%
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Exec will also maintain role as General Manager of Warner Music Sweden
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Deal comes three months after similar agreement was reached with Warner Music Group
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What are the best-selling albums of all time? According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Michael Jackson’s Thriller is back at number one with 33 million copies sold in the US alone. Here’s the rest. (Note: these are US-based numbers. The RIAA counts an ‘album sale’ as either a direct album purchase, or […]
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They had a smash hit in 1974, and a follow-up success a few years later. But despite millions of plays, the members of The Three Degrees haven’t received a dime from Sony Music Entertainment. If you’re a child of the 60s and 70s, perhaps you know their smash hit. Back in 1974, “When Will I […]
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Two pictures, over 30 years apart, tell much the same story
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Total recorded music revenues up 8%; publishing revenues at Warner/Chappell up 7%
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