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SK Sharma joins PE giant Warburg Pincus as Senior Advisor, focused on investment opportunities in Generative AI

Warburg Pincus LLC has more than $87 billion in assets under management

Kobalt signs global deal with Música Mexicana specialist K Music Publishing

K Music was founded in 2019 by CEOs Alfredo Becerra & Leonardo Soto and songwriter/producer Carlos Santos

EU artists generated more than $1.8 billion on Spotify in 2024, up 15% YoY

Spotify has published Loud & Clear stats for the EU

Spotify has reached 100m paying subscribers in Europe, Daniel Ek confirms

Spotify reported on April 29 that it grew its global Premium Subscriber base to 268m paying users in Q1

Downtown expands presence in Africa, as Sheer rebrands to Downtown Music Publishing Africa

Sheer was acquired by DMP parent Downtown Music Holdings in 2020

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Payday Music Publishing inks deal with estate of ‘Under the Boardwalk’ co-writer Kenny Young

Young was best known for co-writing the Grammy Hall of Fame song Under the Boardwalk, first a 1964 hit for the Drifters and later popularized by the Rolling Stones.

Italian-language music now part of the ‘$100M+ club’ on Spotify

Spanish-language music is also growing rapidly, the streaming platform says in the latest addition to its 'Loud & Clear' report