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YouTube strikes deal with SESAC, begins reinstating music videos by Adele, Kendrick Lamar and more following licensing dispute

SESAC strikes deal with YouTube 'to equitably compensate SESAC’s songwriters and publishers for the use of their music.'

Music videos by Adele, Kendrick Lamar and more blocked from YouTube in the US amid licensing dispute with SESAC

'Despite our best efforts, we were unable to reach an equitable agreement before its expiration,' according to YouTube

Beggars Group partners with Reactional to bring personalized music to video games

Gamers spent more than $125 billion in in-game purchases in 2023, and Reactional wants music to be part of that

Beggars and Secretly strike deal with Cargo Records to launch new UK-based indie distribution company

Cargo Independent Distribution will be led by Cargo Records UK founder & CEO Phil Hill

Read Sir Lucian Grainge’s Universal Music Capital Markets day opening address in full: ‘Streaming will continue to propel many years of industry growth.’

Superfandom, quantum leaps, and fundemental facts...

As Live Nation stares down antitrust suit, here’s what CEO Michael Rapino says is the real ‘secret sauce’ for Ticketmaster’s success

Rapino says Ticketmaster's success stems simply from having built a better product.

Beggars Group is now a £100m+ annual revenue company

Nevertheless, the record company has seen its operating profit slide amid rising costs

XL Recordings posted a $12.8m profit last year… despite only releasing 8 new albums

XL's small but heavy-hitting catalog has made it an impressively profitable record company