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News Simon Fuller to receive Entrepreneur of the Year Award in L.A next month Business Innovation Awards handed Lucian Grainge a gong last year
News Martin Bandier: Sony/ATV buyout shows ‘absolute faith’ in our business 'I cannot think of a clearer or more emphatic way for Sony Corporation to show its support for us'
News Universal Music Austria boss Eder exits after 13 years – Ballin named GM Cornelius Ballin moves over from UMG in Germany to become GM
News Apple Music steals SoundCloud’s thunder with landmark remixes deal Dubset deal will enable 'thousands of hours' of unofficial remixes to join service's catalogue
News Jay Z pulls albums from Spotify, Apple Music and iTunes – but not TIDAL You have to wonder what UMG makes of this move by Shawn Carter
News Sony’s historic buyout of Sony/ATV: 5 things you need to know Sony is now edging towards becoming a $5bn music company
News Rough Trade Publishing sold as Geoff Travis returns to business Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee return to work with Cathi Gibson in the UK
News Jeremy Lascelles launches independent publisher, backed by Chris Wright Blue Raincoat clearly models itself on Chrysalis Music and Virgin Records
News Sony to buy entirety of Sony/ATV from Jackson estate in $750m deal Estate will hold onto its stake in EMI Music Publishing
News Multi-million cash boost for labels as Sirius XM quietly increases prices Tens of millions netted by music industry as prices pushed up by $12 a year
News Parlophone boss Miles Leonard pays tribute to Sir George Martin British exec calls Martin "one of the greatest music execs of all time"
News Pat Monaco exits Universal Music Group after 26 years Exec's career at the major began at Polygram in 1989
News This tech startup boss’s attitude to music licensing says it all Flipagram boss says failure to obtain licence is something 'entrepreneurs do sometimes'