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Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def Recordings joins forces with Create Music Group in multi-year deal

So So Def founder Jermaine Dupri will transition from CEO to Chairman of the company, retaining creative direction

Luminate acquires artist data identification service Quansic

France-headquartered Quansic claims to operate the world’s largest artist identification database

‘The best music managers wear 65 hats and are experts in all of them.’

Blaike Ford discusses her time at Spotify when the streaming giant was a start-up and her self-defined role at Range Media Partners where she is looking to make a similarly seismic impact

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Google was once at the vanguard of ethical AI music development. That may no longer be the case.

Ed Newton-Rex gives his opinion on Google' experimentation with music and generative AI

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Mike Caren’s APG makes string of promotions, including Eli Piccarreta to SVP, A&R

APG says it has signed and broken more than 20 artists with gold or platinum selling status and achieved more than 300 RIAA certifications

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From Universal’s feud with TikTok to YouTube Music’s 100m subscribers… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…

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As YouTube Music hits 100m paid subscribers, Lyor Cohen says the platform ‘cares profoundly about the health of the music industry’

YouTube has surpassed 100 million paid YouTube Music and Premium subscribers worldwide

Analysis

78% of small-to-midsize businesses in the US currently misuse personal streaming accounts to play music to their customers. It’s costing the music industry $1.38 billion per year.

Ola Sars highlights an important opportunity in publicly-played music for rightsholders