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West One Music Group adds trailer music production library Q-Factory to its portfolio of labels

The Q-Factory music library has featured in marketing campaigns for films like Wicked and Deadpool & Wolverine; and in TV series like Amazon Prime’s The Rings of Power

Michael Rapino confirms Live Nation ticketing talks with Spotify, Apple and Amazon for superfan tiers

"We've been working with all three of them, trying to find a model that may work for us and them," said Live Nation boss on Q4 earnings call

On… Universal’s Asian Adventure

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Andrew Klein promoted to President of Global Partnerships at AEG Presents

AEG describes Klein as a recognized pioneer in the field of “merging brands with bands”

Universal, Warner, and Sony ink licensing deals with new music creation/social app, MashApp

The app allows users to create real-time “mashups” of popular music tracks under the catalogs of Universal, Sony, Warner and Kobalt

Ole Obermann leaving TikTok for major role at Apple; Tracy Gardner moves into new role at ByteDance

There has been a gigantic leadership shakeup in TikTok/ByteDance's music team.

Spotify to launch ‘Music Pro’ service with superfan perks like early-access tickets and AI remix tool… for up to $5.99 more per month (report)

Spotify's long-touted $18 per month superfan tier could be launched this year

Kevin Ferguson appointed Senior Vice President, Technology at TuneCore

Ferguson previously led the engineering team at BentoBox and has also held leadership roles at Audible and other companies