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Tongue and cheek: the Rolling Stones and the unpalatable ascendancy of fauxganic marketing

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

Range Media Partners forms music publishing division led by Casey Robison

Robison is a former Executive Vice President, A&R at Hipgnosis Songs Group

Alli Galloway appointed Chief Marketing Officer at Jaxsta, Jessy Trengove named Chief Product Officer

Galloway will be joining newly appointed Chief Executive Officer, Josh Simons, and Chief Financial Officer Jorge Nigalioni in the company’s updated C-Suite.

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Jennifer Lopez signs recording and publishing partnership with BMG for new album, ‘This is Me…Now’

Lopez’s first studio album in nine years will be released by Nuyorican/BMG

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Universal launches Desi Trill Music JV with Roc Nation co-founder Ty-Ty Smith and Shabz Naqvi

Smith co-founded Roc Nation with Jay-Z in 2008. Artist and producer Naqvi was a member of UK based So Solid Crew

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Roger de Graaf and Ewout Swart named Co-Presidents of Spinnin’ Records

The move will see De Graaf focus on artist relations and creative projects, while Swart will concentrate on on operations and global acceleration

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TikTok fires back at suggestion it’s hurting paid-for music streaming growth in France: ‘There is no evidence to suggest that TikTok is diverting music fans away from subscription streaming services.’

SNEP targeted short-form video services in comments made last week about France's subscription streaming growth

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Believe applauds Deezer’s action on ‘noise’ – but questions new ‘artist-centric’ royalty model’s impact on ‘rising artists’

Believe outlines its position on the new streaming model announced by Deezer and Universal

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JKBX, launching this week, confirms it will pay songwriters and artists direct via ‘Creator Program’ – even if they don’t own their rights

Company will offer its users the ability to invest in Royalty Shares of hits

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OpenAI’s response to Sarah Silverman’s lawsuit shows music rightsholders could be in for a tough fight over copyright and AI

OpenAI says a lawsuit over its use of copyrighted materials in training AI algorithms is based on an 'erroneous' understanding of copyright law

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Responsibility for AI copyright infringement rests with platforms, and 3 other things we learned from Robert Kyncl’s Goldman Sachs interview

Warner Music Group's CEO participated in a Q&A session on Wednesday (September 6) at Goldman Sachs’ Communacopia + Technology Conference in San Francisco

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Older Posts

Tongue and cheek: the Rolling Stones and the unpalatable ascendancy of fauxganic marketing

Range Media Partners forms music publishing division led by Casey Robison

Alli Galloway appointed Chief Marketing Officer at Jaxsta, Jessy Trengove named Chief Product Officer

Jennifer Lopez signs recording and publishing partnership with BMG for new album, ‘This is Me…Now’

Universal launches Desi Trill Music JV with Roc Nation co-founder Ty-Ty Smith and Shabz Naqvi

Roger de Graaf and Ewout Swart named Co-Presidents of Spinnin’ Records

TikTok fires back at suggestion it’s hurting paid-for music streaming growth in France: ‘There is no evidence to suggest that TikTok is diverting music fans away from subscription streaming services.’

Believe applauds Deezer’s action on ‘noise’ – but questions new ‘artist-centric’ royalty model’s impact on ‘rising artists’

JKBX, launching this week, confirms it will pay songwriters and artists direct via ‘Creator Program’ – even if they don’t own their rights

OpenAI’s response to Sarah Silverman’s lawsuit shows music rightsholders could be in for a tough fight over copyright and AI

Spain’s recorded music industry revenues reached €214.3m in H1, up 11.53% YoY

ICMP to launch anti-piracy platform for music publishers in partnership with MUSO

Clive Fisher, former Universal Music EVP, dies aged 71; Sir Lucian Grainge leads tributes to exec ‘who loved people’

ONErpm expands in Asia, launching six new offices and hiring territory directors

From Concord’s $468.8m Round Hill deal to Universal and Deezer’s new artist-centric model… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

Redeye, distribution partner of Beggars, Domino and other leading indie labels, acquired by Exceleration Music

Concord set to buy Round Hill’s UK-listed royalty fund in a huge $468.8m deal

Responsibility for AI copyright infringement rests with platforms, and 3 other things we learned from Robert Kyncl’s Goldman Sachs interview