Posts by Murray Stassen

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Warner Records launches flagship dance music label Major Recordings, led by Sam Mobarek

Label's first signing is dance duo PARISI

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Spain-based Larrosa Music Group raises $16m to buy Spanish-language catalogs

Company says the investment 'was led by investors from the United States and Spain'

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From Larry Jackson’s $1bn-backed gamma to the US recorded music industry’s $15.9bn in 2022… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories on MBW from the past seven days

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Snoop Dogg returns Death Row catalog to streaming services, label to sign new artists in partnership with Larry Jackson’s gamma

gamma and Snoop Dogg sign long-term licensing deal for exclusive rights to market and distribute Death Row Records Catalog

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Song data startup Session, founded by Max Martin, ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, and Niclas Molinder, acquired by royalty platform Salt

Björn Ulvaeus will join Salt’s board

Interviews

‘We’re in a renaissance for creativity. The things creators will be able to do tomorrow, they cannot do today.’

Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava on her ambitions for Splice, predictions for the music creator space, and her forecast for the impact AI will have on the music industry...

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The Orchard acquires dance and electronic music distribution company Above Board

London-based Above Board was founded by Dan Hill in 2007

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Eliah Seton named CEO of SoundCloud

Seton succeeds Michael Weissman who joined SoundCloud in 2017, has served as CEO since 2021 and is "departing for a new opportunity," according to the company

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Apple lifts lid on standalone ‘Apple Music Classical’ app

Apple Music Classical will launch on March 28

Analysis News

US recorded music revenues from paid subscriptions exceeded $10bn annually for the first time in 2022

The US recorded music industry grew 6.1% to USD $15.9 billion in 2022, according to RIAA's 2022 Year End report

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Spotify approaches $40bn in all-time payouts to the music industry

Spotify says that 'nearly 70%' of every dollar it generates from music 'is paid back as royalties to rightsholders'.

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Japan generated over half a billion dollars from subscription music streaming in 2022

New stats published by local trade body RIAJ

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Hipgnosis strikes licensing deal with personalized music-for-gaming firm Reactional Music

Deal opens company's song catalog to be used in gameplay using Reactional's tech

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British MP slams TikTok’s Australia music test, says app is ‘silencing creators in favour of its own self-interests’

Conservative MP Damian Collins criticises TikTok in an op-ed written for The Telegraph

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Jennifer Blakeman joins Evan Bogart’s Seeker Music as Chief Rights & Royalties Officer

Exec joins Seeker from her previous role as President and CCO of boutique music publisher one77 Music