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Fan engagement and social media platform FENIX360 plans to list on NASDAQ in $610m SPAC merger

Singapore-based FENIX360 to combine with blank check company DUET

Analysis

Here’s exactly how Spotify’s new 1,000 annual streams royalty policy works…

Spotify is introducing a significant update to the way it calculates recorded royalties next year

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Hipgnosis Songs Fund sells 20,000 songs for $23.1m

Hipgnosis has not confirmed the name of the buyer

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Apple Music could pay artists more for streams of songs produced in Spatial Audio (report)

Spatial Audio is fast becoming a mainstream proposition

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Vevo DSCVR Artists To Watch 2024: Teezo Touchdown, Khamari, Harley, LU KALA

Four more Artists to Watch from Vevo's DSCVR platform take their turn in the MBW spotlight...

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Snoop Dogg appoints Kat MacLean Daley as VP and Head of Publishing at Death Row Records

"I know that Kat is the right person to take care of our history, while also helping us write the story for the chapters to come," said Snoop Dogg.

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O2 Arena and Hammersmith Apollo owners join €300m bidding race for See Tickets (report)

See Tickets owner Vivendi is looking for as much as €300 million for the UK-headquartered ticketing company.

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GEMA and IFPI ‘welcome the progress’ on EU’s landmark agreement on AI regulation

The deal concluded an intensive, three-day negotiation process between the Council presidency and the European Parliament's negotiators on the AI Act

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Cher makes metaverse debut as Warner Music and Gamefam launch festive Roblox event

WMG joined a $520m Series H investment round in Roblox Corp back in January 2021

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Nicki Minaj debuts on Roblox to promote ‘Pink Friday 2’ album via Karta deal

Metaverse studio Karta raised $1.1 million in July 2023

Analysis News

From Spotify’s 1,500+ layoffs and CFO exit to Enrique Iglesias’ nine-figure deal… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place

News

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is the first ever tour to gross over $1 billion, says Pollstar

Citing box office reports, Pollstar says that Taylor Swift took in an estimated ticket gross of $1.04 billion

Interviews

‘Young Africans are finding their voices. More artists want to be African Giants that are Made in Lagos.’

MBW’s World Leaders series meets Lanre Masha, Director, West Africa at the Orchard

News

Veteran US agent John Pantle joins One Fiinix Live, led by Ed Sheeran agent Jon Ollier

Agency was launched in 2020 following the end of Ollier’s nearly six-year tenure at CAA

News

NTERTAIN launches ‘The Art Of Being Latin’ Miami Art Week Experience

Event to feature exclusive presentations by Lex Borrero, Tainy, director Angel Manuel Soto, Storm Pablo, Sofia Reyes, Ahol Sniffs Glue, Vic Garcia & more

News

On Tuesday, Paul Vogel, CFO of Spotify, cashed $9.3m in shares – 24 hours after his company confirmed 1,500 layoffs. Tonight, Daniel Ek has announced Vogel is out.

News comes three days after Spotify announced worldwide layoffs affecting 17% of its workforce

Interviews

Michelle Jubelirer on Ice Spice, The Beatles, and reinventing Capitol Music Group: ‘I don’t think any label group has been able to turn things around as quickly as my team and I have done in less than two years.’

Jubelirer tells MBW all about her first two years in charge at CMG – and how she's overcome the challenge of quelling, and then re-energizing, one of the most iconic label brands in existence

Interviews

‘Latin artists have been paving the way for deals that offer more control, transparency, and better economics.’

Alejandra Olea, Believe's MD, Americas is interview in MBW's World Leaders series following huge success with Iñigo Quintero