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Recorded music trade revenues in the UK grew 8.1% YoY to $1.77bn last year

The UK is the world's third largest recorded music market behind the United States and Japan, respectively

Mercury Records expands executive team in New York

Team now includes EVP, Mercury Records, Alex Coslov and SVP, Media, Mercury Records, Marisa Bianco. Mario Vazquez joins as VP, of Audience and Streaming

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On… the value of ‘storytelling’ in the marketplace of ideas

The following op/ed comes from long-time music industry journalist, Eamonn Forde

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Big Loud Records inks deal to distribute all future releases through Mercury Records/Republic

In a memo to staff, Big Loud's leadership stressed the company has not been acquired and remains independent

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Live Nation extends ‘On the Road Again’ program through 2024, providing support to touring artists

The program has supported some 4,000 touring artists so far, Live Nation says

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AEG Presents partners with Cárdenas Marketing Network on live Latin music

The partnership will create what the companies call "the world leader in live Latin music"

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Believe generated $952.7m in annual revenues last year, up 15.7% YoY

The company’s full-year financial results were published on Wednesday, March 13

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Stu Bergen named interim CEO of Deezer

Announcement follows the departure of Deezer CEO, Jeronimo Folgueira

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Neil Young’s music to return to Spotify

Legendary rocker suggested his boycott makes little sense now that the Joe Rogan podcast is available on other streaming services as well

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Bill forcing ByteDance to sell TikTok or face ban passes US House

The bill is facing opposition from civil liberties groups, tech industry groups, and Donald Trump

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Spotify challenges YouTube, launching music videos for Premium users in 11 markets

The 11 markets include the UK, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Kenya.

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As landmark AI Act passes EU parliament vote, rightsholders urge ‘meaningful and effective’ enforcement of copyright

Some legal analysts say the law contains ambiguities on the issue of copyrighted materials being used to train AI

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Haley Evans promoted to President of Mega House

Evans, previously Vice President of Mega House, will report to Co-CEOs David Silberstein and Jeremy Levin

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Anghami and Rotana expand partnership to cover live concerts, collaborations

The new, three-year strategic agreement goes beyond conventional music licensing, covering live concerts and artist collaborations

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Nile Rodgers and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen win 2024 Polar Music Prize

Rodgers and Salonen join a prestigious list of previous laureates, including Paul McCartney, Chuck Berry, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell and Miriam Makeba

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HarbourView raises $500m in debt financing led by KKR

The music acquisition space continues to heat up

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TikTok’s parent ByteDance has locked down AI-music patents in the US – as its researchers develop a model trained on 257,000 hours of songs

TikTok's AI music ambitions are bigger than you think...

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UMG’s East Coast labels officially restructured via ‘Republic Corps’; Def Jam, Island, Mercury, Republic will operate ‘independently’ while tapping into ‘integrated departments’

Jim Roppo named President and Chief Operating Officer of Republic Corps reporting directly to Monte Lipman and Avery Lipman