Downtown Music Holdings In The News

Interviews

‘The youth in Africa are ready to jump the digital divide, they just need to have access and the right price point.’

Sheer Music Publishing founder David Alexander on the industry landscape in South Africa, and across the African continent

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FUGA partners with Japanese firm Space Shower Networks to form digital music distribution JV

New venture, SPACE SHOWER FUGA, will launch in Spring 2021

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Songtrust and Secretly Publishing ink new administrative partnership

Songtrust will administer the publisher’s full catalog for the world outside of the US and Canada

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Downtown buys music catalog of Sia collaborator Chris Braide

Deal covers Braide’s Sia co-writes including Big Girls Cry, Helium, Flames, Unstoppable and others

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Downtown buys catalog of Motown legend Mickey Stevenson, including Martha Reeves hit Dancing In The Street

Deal covers Motown songs including Dancing In The Street, Stubborn Kind of Fellow and Devil With the Blue Dress

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TikTok inks multi-year licensing deal with ICE

Deal 'establishes a flow of royalty payments to songwriters and publishers,' reads a joint statement

Interviews

‘There needs to be a more sustainable way for artists to earn money.’

WeTransfer's Head of Music, Tiff Yu, chats working with Frank Ocean, transparency in the business, and lessons learned across her career.  

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Tracy Maddux named Chief Commercial Officer at Downtown, alongside new hires and organizational changes

Joel Andrew has been appointed President of CD Baby