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Sylvia Coleman steps down as Non-Exec Director of Hipgnosis Songs Fund

Coleman was appointed as a non-executive director in November 2019

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Akhila Shankar appointed Head of TuneCore, South Asia

Shankar will be responsible for growing and managing the company's artist roster in the South Asian region

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TikTok parent to shut down music streaming service Resso in India

"Unfortunately, owing to local market conditions, we can no longer continue to serve users of Resso in India."

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Matt Gralen promoted to President at Beatport; Helen Sartory upped to Chief Revenue Officer

The Beatport Group is seeing soaring revenue, having launched or acquired eleven new products since 2019

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Arista appoints Sharon Timure as Head of Marketing and Kelsey Hession as Publicity Lead

Timure and Hession will both be based in New York, reporting directly to President and CEO David Massey

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Darius Van Arman reappointed Merlin Chairperson as indie label agency elects new Board

Merlin’s newly elected Board hails from 12 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America, and Oceania

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158 million tracks had 1,000 plays or fewer on music streaming services last year. 45 million had no plays at all.

The number of tracks with no plays on audio streaming platforms jumped by 7.7 million over the past year, according to a new Luminate report

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Music industry applauds introduction of ‘No AI FRAUD Act’ in US Congress

The proposed law would establish 'an intellectual property right that every individual holds over their own likeness and voice'

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Reservoir and PopArabia strike catalog deal with ‘Queen of Arab Pop’ Nancy Ajram

Ajram was the biggest-selling female singer in the Middle East in the 2000s, and released the first Arabic-language song to hit Billboard's Dance/Electronic Songs chart

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Global on-demand audio streams reached the 4 trillion mark for the first time ever in a single year in 2023

Market monitor Luminate has published its Year-End report for 2023

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Apple Music Classical expands to China, Japan, South Korea and more

This expansion marks a key step for Apple Music Classical, reaching regions where classical music holds a deep cultural significance

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Sony Music unveils ‘next generation immersive music experiences’ for Fortnite and Roblox

Projects are being led by the Sony Immersive Music Studios team

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MSG scraps plan to build Vegas-style Sphere in London, calls it a ‘political football’

Despite cabinet efforts by cabinet minister Michael Gove to get the project going, MSG has made it clear it won't move forward with the venue

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TikTok surpasses $10bn in-app spending milestone, poised to become top-grossing app in 2024 (report)

Research firm data.ai predicts TikTok users will be spending 40 hours on the app by the end of 2024, 13x more time than on YouTube

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Sir Lucian Grainge: After ‘artist-centric’ royalties, UMG’s ‘next focus’ is ‘superfan experiences and products’

UMG is 'already in advanced discussions with [its] platform partners regarding this phase and will have more to announce in the coming months,' said Grainge in his New Year note to UMG staff

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‘XP Music Futures showcased how strong the music industry in the MENA region can become.’

Saudi Arabia recently played host to the third edition of XP Music Futures, a three-day industry conference held in Riyadh

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As SoundCloud considers options for sale (or investment), it hires ex-Kobalt exec Tom Sansone as CFO and COO

Sansone, who reports to Eliah Seton at SoundCloud, brings more than 20 years of global financial and operational experience with him across tech and music industries.

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Mark Douglas on AI: ‘We need our legislators to spend less time worrying about killer robots of the future, and really focus on the harms that have already taken place.’

PPL's Chief Information Officer highlights huge problems and gaping legislative holes at the heart of the AI revolution