Posts by Murray Stassen

‘Physical music is powerful and under-leveraged. In 2026, it won’t be a sideshow – it’ll be a core strategic revenue and brand channel.’

Happiness. Marketing founder Thom Skarzynski talks physical music, D2C, superfans and more

Catalog of Brazilian icon Gilberto Gil acquired by Primary Wave in partnership with Nas Nuvens Music Group

Gilberto Gil is described as one 'of the most important and influential figures in not just music but Brazilian culture'

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Matt Spetzler’s $200m-backed Pipeline to fund indie advances via new Merlin pact

Pipeline was launched by Matt Spetzler’s investment firm Jamen Capital.

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Drake fights dismissal of ‘Not Like Us’ lawsuit: 3 things you might have missed

Drake thinks a federal judge just created a "dangerous" precedent for the music industry.

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Celine Joshua promoted to Executive Vice President, Global Marketing & Streaming at BMG

Joshua joined BMG in 2024 as EVP, Global Marketing

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Lexi Todd promoted to Deputy Chief Operating Officer At Primary Wave

Todd celebrates 10 years at Primary Wave, initially joining the company as a legal intern in 2016

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Kevin Weaver promoted to President, Atlantic Music Group

He will oversee 'high-impact opportunities' across the AMG roster

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Drake appeals dismissal of ‘Not Like Us’ case against UMG, says court created a ‘dangerous’ rule for rap diss tracks

Lawsuit was dismissed in October 2025

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Too Lost projects nine-figure annual revenue haul for 2026, after adding 100k new artists and labels last year

Company forecasts a nine-figure annual revenue haul for the second consecutive year.

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5 questions with… Kenny McGoff

The Kobalt exec sits down to tackle our quick-fire new interview series

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Concord makes strategic investment in The Azoff Company’s indie label, Giant Music

Giant has also entered into a global distribution partnership with Concord-owned Stem

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Splice acquires AI-powered voice production platform Kits AI

Kits AI was backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Palm Tree Crew, 3LAU, Louis Bell, Steve Aoki, Wyclef Jean, Electric Feel Ventures, WndrCo Ventures, and 1Confirmation.

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Record labels, Spotify sue pirate group Anna’s Archive over scraping and ‘brazen theft’ of millions of tracks

Pirate group accused of 'brazen theft of millions of files containing nearly all of the world's commercial sound recordings.'

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DistroKid investor buys indie distributor Zebralution from GEMA

GEMA confirmed that it is selling "its 100% shareholding in Zebralution GmbH"

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Hannah Karp appointed EVP & Chief Communications Officer for Warner Music Group

She joins the company’s executive leadership team following a decade at Billboard, where she was most recently Editor-in-Chief