[PIAS] In The News

[PIAS] launches new frontline division, [PIAS] Électronique, names Tom Keil as Global Head of Dance And Electronic and Executive VP of A&R

Exec joins [PIAS] from his role as General Manager and VP A&R for Ultra Music in Europe

gamma, Downtown, Utopia, and the rise of the ‘Inside-Out Majors’

The following op/ed comes from UK-based Hunter Giles (pictured inset), who co-founded and leads Infinite Catalog, a royalty accounting software + service company.

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Major record company market share on Spotify fell again in 2022, as indie tracks flooded the service

Companies including TuneCore and parent Believe are eating into market share that was traditionally held by larger companies

Interviews

‘We have always tried to be David against Goliath, but there’s only so many times David can win.’

Pioneering independent music company [PIAS] is celebrating a landmark anniversary (40 years) and a landmark deal (selling a 49% equity stake to Universal Music). Co-founders Kenny Gates and Michel Lambot open up about both…

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[PIAS] to distribute Universal-owned Spinefarm Records as part of companies’ global alliance

Label will be distributed worldwide basis through the [PIAS] services division [Integral]

Analysis News

From Bad Bunny’s 18.5bn Spotify streams to Universal acquiring a 49% stake in [PIAS]… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

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[PIAS] founders explain why they sold 49% of their company to UMG: ‘The battle lines in our industry have been redrawn.’

Universal Music Group confirmed its acquisition of a minority investment in [PIAS] earlier today

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Universal acquires 49% stake in independent music powerhouse [PIAS]

Deal follows the formation of a strategic global alliance between the two companies in June 2021