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News Giles Martin named Head of Audio & Sound at Universal Music Group ' Giles instinctively sees the potential of what lies ahead and innately understands how to leverage technology to harness new forms of artistic expression.'
News Primary Wave buys Sly & Robbie music publishing catalog Assets acquired include Sly and Robbie’s interests in Damien Marley’s Welcome to Jamrock
News Eventbrite signs video distribution partnership with YouTube The integration will allow users to purchase tickets via Official Artist Channels across YouTube
News SoundCloud inks deal with Dubset to clear remixes on its platform The Dubset partnership will kick off later this year with an invite-only beta program for individual remixes
News SoundCloud Partners with Native Instruments, Serato, Virtual DJ, DEX3, Mixvibes and Hercules The integrations will begin rolling out in 2019
News SiriusXM makes home entertainment move with Amazon Echo partnership As part of the partnership, Amazon Echo users get their first three months of SiriusXM for free
News Ticketmaster acquires blockchain ticketing company Upgraded The company uses blockchain technology to prevent ticket fraud
News Merlin expands New York and London offices with new hires Merlin recently celebrated its 10th anniversary
News Jason Ellis promoted to Managing Director of Positiva Records Ellis will continue in his role as A&R Director for Virgin EMI Records
News Spotify now giving away 60 days of Premium in the UK, Australia for free Aggressive promotion hits key territories
News APRA AMCOS posts record annual revenue of A$420.2 million Income generated from digital sources surpassed broadcast revenue for the first time, accounting for A$134.5m - nearly a third of all revenue.
News Downtown signs multi-territory music publishing deal with John Butler Downtown will administer more than 100 compositions as part of the deal
News Kelli Turner appointed President & COO of SESAC Turner previously served as Executive Vice President of Operations, Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer
News Spotify acquires minority stake in DistroKid, enabling artists to upload to multiple services… from Spotify Streaming service takes passive position in aggregator which works with 250,000 artists