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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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From Ed Sheeran’s second ‘Let’s Get It On’ lawsuit victory to the 3 majors’ joint $2.9m per hour… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

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

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Ditto Music, edging towards 1m registered artists, goes on hiring spree to fuel international expansion

Brothers Lee and Matt Parsons continue to fully own UK-born global distribution and services platform

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TikTok launches ‘Artist Impact Program’, inks several distribution deals to connect artists with brands

TikTok inks global distribution deals with Believe, DistroKid, Vydia and more to 'fuel the pipeline of talent and artist-driven music' on its Commercial Music Library

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Applications reopen for Richard Antwi Scholarship in London with doubled fund including additional stipend

Applications for the sixth round of scholarship to the University of Westminster’s MA in Music Business Management are now open for 2023

Interviews

BMG’s Hartwig Masuch and Thomas Coesfeld on hits, efficiency – and spending $400m on catalog acquisitions in 2022

BMG's current CEO and its incoming CEO both sit down with MBW to discuss the company's ambitions

Analysis

The Boomy/Spotify streaming fraud debacle proves ‘pro-rata’ must go – urgently.

Is that the kind of music business you signed up for? Because it's the one you've got.

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Rhian Emanuel promoted to MD, Because Music UK, Laura Kelly appointed MD, London Records

Ed Pearson also named SVP Marketing, Dance & Electronic, Because Music UK, while Junior Foster joins London Records as Digital Marketing & Strategy Manager