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Warner Music Singapore inks global distribution deal with Cross Ratio Entertainment

Companies to work closely on new releases, catalogs, brand partnerships and more

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Spotify added 5m Premium subscribers in Q1, taking its total global paying subs audience to 210m

Spotify's Monthly Active Users reached 515m at the end of Q1 2023

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Utopia is asking its shareholders to help it raise over $90m, as it forecasts profitability by June 2024

Company launches new share options program to help its fund its near-term plans

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Peermusic sues Sony Music Publishing for cut of Lizzo’s About Damn Time

Peermusic and Malcolm McLaren's estate claim they are owed an 8% cut of royalties due for a sample used in the hit track

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Deezer’s revenues grew 6.2% YoY in Q1, but its total subscribers fell 2.1% to 9.3m

France-born music streaming service Deezer has published its financial results for Q1 2023

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Spotify needs to woo the boomers if it wants to keep growing in the US market

A recent Edison Research report broke down why there may be a big opportunity for Daniel Ek's company amongst the 55-plus crowd in the States

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Reach Music acquires master and publishing rights for first two Judas Priest albums

Reach buys both the master and publishing rights of Rocka Rolla and Sad Wings of Destiny from Gull Entertainments

Analysis

The algorithm is your new boss

More so in music than any business, a dollar is worth more when it’s made than when it’s paid, says Will Page

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Songwriter Louis Bell sets new RIAA record with 8 Diamond-certified singles

Louis Bell becomes first songwriter to achieve eight RIAA Diamond-certified singles, six of which he created in collaboration with Post Malone

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Music-generating AI: Official art? Or artificial?

Nick Eziefula, partner at Simkins, on the legal questions for the music biz raised by 'fake Drake' et al

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Sony Music Japan’s PRISM Project is doubling down on virtual talent… and it’s just chosen its next three virtual stars

SMEJ’s VTuber agency PRISM Project has introduced its fifth generation of virtual talent: Ami Amami, Kou Tsubame and Lana Shikami

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‘There can be a lot of mystery and complexity around live music and I see our role as demystifying all of that.’

Songkick General Manager Sarah Jones traces the evolution of the Warner Music-owned concert discovery platform and shares her views on the importance and future direction of live music…

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Sony Music reportedly in talks to buy stake in Bad Bunny’s label and management firm, Rimas

Sony Music reportedly negotiating a deal to help Rimas CEO Noah Assad buy out his partner, Rafael Ricardo Jiménez Dan

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Politician in France calls for new tax on music streaming services

A senator in France has called on the Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak to start taxing music streaming platforms

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From the ‘fake Drake’ AI track to BMG integrating frontline and catalog… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories on MBW from the past seven days

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Corey Williams upped to VP, Business and Legal Affairs, Rights & Clearances for Republic Records, Def Jam Recordings and Island Records

Williams joined UMG in 2015 as Director of Business & Legal Affairs and was promoted to Senior Director of Business & Legal Affairs soon after joining the company

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Warner Music’s WMX launches visual podcast series exploring The Notorious B.I.G.’s final album

Series is entitled Iconic Records: Life After Death

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Heath Johns promoted to President, Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asia at BMG

Johns was BMG’s first employee in Australia when the company launched in the country in 2016