Katie Welle, SVP of Creative A&R at Sony Music Publishing, now at her second spell with the company after a stint at RCA, discusses the art of A&R and the power of disruption
US rapper Nelly has been sued by his former bandmates, the St. Lunatics, over a copyright dispute regarding several tracks from his hit album Country Grammar, which was released in 2000. The complaint was filed by lawyers in New York on Thursday (September 18) on behalf of Ali Jones (Ali), Torhi Harper (Murphy Lee), Robert … Continued
Look. We’ve broken some pretty big news of late. Proper news. But this? Size-of-transaction-wise, this tops the lot. MBW has confirmed via well-placed sources that Irving Azoff’s US-headquartered PRO, Global Music Rights (GMR), struck a multi-billion dollar deal yesterday (September 18) with a new private equity partner. The transaction, we’re told, valued GMR at USD … Continued