Posts by Murray Stassen

Wise Music Group and Faber Music strike global deal for the Edition Peters printed music business

Wise Music will continue to own the Edition Peters rights business

From Queen’s $1bn catalog to HYBE raising $380m for acquisitions in the US… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place

HYBE is raising $380m to fund more music acquisitions in the US (report)

South Korea-based music giant behind K-pop superstars BTS and rising stars New Jeans seeks to expand global presence via M&A

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Ezekiel Lewis promoted to President of Epic Records

Exec has served as the company’s Executive Vice President and Head of A&R since 2020

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K-pop powerhouse JYP expands strategic alliance with Republic Records

Companies originally entered into a strategic partnership in February 2020

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David Loiterton joins Primary Wave as President, Indo-Pacific

“David is an exceptional leader," said Larry Mestel, CEO & Founder, Primary Wave Music

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Reservoir’s revenues grew 13% YoY to $122.3m in its full fiscal year ended March 31

Reservoir has published the financial results for its fiscal Q4 2023 (calendar Q1 2023) and FY fiscal 2023, ended March 31, 2023

Interviews

TIDAL’s CEO thinks music is ‘undervalued and underpriced.’ Here’s what he’s doing to try change that.

MBW interviews TIDAL CEO Jesse Dorogusker about the economics of streaming, the rise of generative AI, and the platform's partnership with Universal Music Group

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From the 120,000 tracks hitting streaming services daily to Universal’s AI sound partnership… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place

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Copyright Royalty Board confirms streaming royalty rate for songwriters for 2018-2022

The Copyright Royalty Board issued a written determination this week upholding the Phonorecords III mechanical royalty rate

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After raising $25m, BandLab parent offloads UK music media brand Uncut

Divestment of Uncut arrives in the same week that BandLab Technologies raised $25m, valuing the company at $425m

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Nathan Barley Phillips and Shawn Keith upped to Heads of A&R in Europe and North America at Nuclear Blast

Believe-owned metal label Nuclear Blast has restructured its A&R department

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Reservoir buys rights to catalog of Miami Sound Machine co-founder and lead songwriter Enrique ‘Kiki’ Garcia

Deal includes the hit 'Conga' performed by Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine

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There are now 120,000 new tracks hitting music streaming services each day

A total of 10.08 million new songs uploaded to the likes of Spotify, YouTube Music and other music streaming services in the first three months of the year alone

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Kilometre Music Group acquires catalog of Grammy Award-winning songwriter Tourist, secures $50m credit facility with Pinnacle Financial

William Phillips (pka Tourist) co-wrote Sam Smith’s Grammy-winning hit 'Stay With Me'