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Bryan Castellani appointed Chief Financial Officer for Warner Music Group

Exec has spent more than two decades at The Walt Disney Company, most recently as CFO for Disney Entertainment & ESPN

TikTok says it’s working on automatic AI content detection, as it rolls out new ‘AI-generated’ label for creators

TikTok rolls out new tool that will enable creators to label AI-generated content that they upload to the social media platform

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Rachel Jacobson appointed Senior Vice President, Creative Sync at Warner Chappell Music

Exec previously served as Head of Sync and Artist Relations for the Paris-based Because Music Group

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SoundExchange paid out $498m to artists and labels in the first half of 2023

US performance rights organization distributed $269m in Q2

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Sonos secures legal victory against Google, this time at US trade tribunal

Sonos and Google's patent battle continues

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Switzerland-based MusicBird buys catalog of songwriter and producer Alex P

MusicBird secured a $100m loan facility in February 2023 for music rights acquisitions

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Recorded music industry revenues hit $8.4bn in the US in H1 – but paid streaming account growth slowed again

While growth in new subscriptions was slower in H1 2023 versus H1 2022, the subscription accounts that were already active in H1 2023 were paying more

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After growing Warner Chappell revenues by 93%, Guy Moot and Carianne Marshall ink new 5-year deals to run publisher

Robert Kyncl pays tribute to duo, who are now contracted through to 2028

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Thomas Coesfeld’s first big move as BMG boss: A major distribution shake-up

BMG agrees to split with ADA, with streaming distribution going in-house at Bertelsmann-owned company

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$200m-backed Multimedia Music acquires music library of Hollywood film company Millennium Media

Multimedia Music says it has deployed over $150m on acquisitions since launching in late 2021

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Japan’s Avex inks YouTube management deal with music tech startup Orfium

News follows Orfium's acquisition of Japan-based content company Breaker INC in 2022

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Warner Music Group launches new creative hub in Berlin

Opening ceremony on Thursday (September 14) drew over 700 guests including artists, songwriters, and WMG execs

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Katy Perry sells music rights to Litmus Music in $220m+ deal

Katy Perry has sold a bundle of music rights to $500 million-backed Litmus Music

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Songtradr becomes largest shareholder in music credits firm Jaxsta, holding a 14% stake

Songtradr raised its stake in Jaxsta after converting its Tranche #1 convertible bonds into ordinary shares, according to a filing by Jaxsta on the Australian Stock Exchange

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From Hipgnosis’ catalogs sale proposal to DistroKid’s Bandzoogle acquisition… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

Five of the biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days

Interviews

Denis Ladegaillerie on AI, streaming royalty models, Believe’s game plan… and more

The Believe founder and CEO joins MBW's Tim Ingham on the latest Music Business Worldwide podcast

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Head of trade body representing UK songwriters switches to run US trade body representing Spotify, Amazon, and Pandora (who not so long ago were fighting to cut songwriters’ pay)

Davies is filling in the role left by Garrett Levin, who stepped down as DiMA’s top executive after relocating to Geneva, Switzerland

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Motown songwriting legend Ron Miller’s family in legal fight over royalties

Ron Miller is known for having penned a number of Top 10 hits. His songs have been recorded by Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, The Temptations and even Justin Bieber