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Graham Lyle receives Icon Award at 2024 BMI London Awards

Lyle has penned numerous hits, including Tina Turner’s 'What’s Love Got to Do With It' and 'We Don't Need Another Hero'

Universal Music to study music and VR treatment for anxiety with Rescape Innovation

The research builds on Universal Music Group's efforts to integrate music in health and wellness

Stingray’s karaoke app is becoming a common feature in electric cars. Now the company has secured an expanded $352m credit facility

Montreal-headquartered music, media, and tech company is involved in numerous businesses, from advertising to streaming and conventional broadcast TV and radio

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100+ indie distributors in 20 countries have now signed up for The MLC’s data portal for unmatched royalties

The MLC says "millions of dollars" in royalties have been paid out thanks to its portal for indie distributors

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Seeker Music acquires catalog of Christopher Cross producer Michael Omartian

Omartian is among a small group of producers to have No. 1 records across three consecutive decades

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‘We’re going to change the economics of the Indian publishing business.’

MBW's Trailblazers series meets Aayushman Sinha, founder of India-based management company, REPRESENT

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Warner’s ADA strikes strategic partnership with Argentina-based music distributor FaroLatino

Founded in 1995, FaroLatino claims to be the 'first music distributor established in Latin America'

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World’s Greatest Producers series returns in partnership with Kollective Neighbouring Rights

Acclaimed interview series to bring more in-depth discussions with behind-the-scenes hitmakers thanks to support from Kollective Neighbouring Rights

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‘I’ve been pretty successful changing gears a few times in this industry.’

Artist-turned-producer Raphael Saadiq on playing bass for Prince, working with Beyoncé, superstardom(!) with Tony! Toni! Toné! and much more...

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Round Hill Music hires Katie Kowinski as Chief of Investor Relations & Business Development

PE firm Round Hill has $900 milllion in assets under management, and a catalog of 200,000 songs.

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Virgin Music Group strikes global distro deal with India’s Hungama Digital Media

The collaboration aims to leverage Hungama's entertainment network and Virgin's global distribution to create opportunities for Indian artists worldwide

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Sony Music pulls catalog from Africa-focused music streaming service Boomplay

Sources tell MBW that concerns have been growing at other rightsholders over late royalty payments from the platform

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AEG Presents strikes strategic partnership with, takes stake in, Germany’s MCT Agentur

AEG Presents acquires "partnership stake" in Germany-based concert promoter MCT Agentur

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Taylor Swift’s ‘The Eras’ is biggest-grossing tour of all time, generating over $2bn (report)

The movie of Taylor Swift's 'The Eras' tour, and the book of the tour, have also set sales records

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TikTok files emergency motion seeking temporary pause to looming US ban

TikTok and ByteDance filed for an injunction to block a law that could see the app effectively banned in the US on January 19.

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Vevo dscvr artists to watch 2025: Ela Taubert, Nia Smith, Katseye

MBW shines the spotlight on three more of Vevo's picks for its Artists To Watch 2025 list

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Appeals court rejects last-ditch attempt at reviving copyright case against Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud’

The appeals court has rejected a request to rehear a case alleging that Sheeran's 'Thinking Out Loud' ripped off Marvin Gaye's 'Let's Get It On'

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Alice Vaughan and Carimei Smith appointed to key roles at Various Artists Management

Vaughan named A&R Director; Carimei Smith promoted to Senior Day-to-Day Manager/ General Manager North America