Downtown Music Holdings In The News

Sandra Croft joins Downtown Music Services as Marketing Manager in the UK

Chelsey Blow also named Client Services Coordinator at the company

Thando Makhunga appointed Managing Director of Downtown subsidiary Sheer Publishing Africa

Sheer was acquired by Downtown Music Holdings in 2020

Downtown appoints VP International Legal & Business Affairs and Director of Legal and Business Affairs

Claire Jacobs named VP of International Legal & Business Affairs, Amber Charania upped to Director of Legal & Business Affairs

FUGA partners with Mascot Label Group

B2B distributor also begins delivery of immersive audio to TIDAL

Songtrust makes raft of new executive hires and promotions

Virginie Berger joins Songtrust as SVP, Global Publishing & Society Relations. John Levy joins as SVP, Technology

From Sony’s big merch move to Hipgnosis buying Kenny Chesney’s royalties: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter

Massarsky Consulting, which valued music assets worth over $6.5 billion last year, has been acquired by Citrin Cooperman

Barry Massarsky founded Massarsky Consulting in 1992 – now he and Nari Matsuura are joining Citrin Cooperman

At least $5 billion was spent on music rights acquisitions in 2021. Could 2022 be even bigger?

MBW rifles back through our 2021 headlines to get a grip on just how huge a year it was for music rights buyouts