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Jon Pikus appointed VP A&R/Business Development at Wixen Music Publishing

Exec has held A&R positions at Columbia Records, Interscope Records, MySpace Records, Lava Records and Imagem Music Publishing.

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Amazon Music strikes playlist partnership with generative AI music company Endel

Endel raised $15m in a series B funding round last year

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ONErpm hires Erin Dunleavy as Head of Branding

Erin Dunleavy previously worked at Universal Music Group and Island Records

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From Snoop Dogg and Death Row’s TikTok exclusive to Hipgnosis’ investment in Timbaland’s Beatclub… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip

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Jamie Spinks promoted to Head of A&R at Columbia Records UK

Exec will report directly to Dipesh Parmar, President of Columbia Records

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SoundCloud expands artist services business globally; enters JV with Jax Jones’ and Dan Stacey’s record label WUGD (What You Gonna Do)

SoundCloud says it's teamed up with UK-based WUGD 'to discover, nurture, and invest in emerging electronic music artists featured on the platform internationally'

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Susan Wojcicki to step down as CEO of YouTube

YouTube Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan named as new head of YouTube

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TikTok’s SoundOn distribution service is now powered by FUGA

Distro service gets new distribution partner

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After spending $120m+ in 14 months, Multimedia Music buys STX Entertainment music library in eight-figure deal

Company launched in early 2022 with an initial $100m in funding

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Linda Yaccarino named Group Chair at talent management company YMU

Exec joins YMU alongside her current position as Chairman of Global Advertising and Partnerships at NBCUniversal

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TikTok’s bust-up with the major music companies is starting to simmer.

Following big news about Snoop Dogg and ARIA's condemnation, will TikTok be able to dodge the crosshairs of Ron DeSantis?

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Daniel Mora appointed Managing Director of Warner Music Andes

Exec was most recently Managing Director of Warner Chappell Music Colombia

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Silver Lake to start looking for buyers for entertainment and ticketing giant TEG (report)

Silver Lake acquired TEG in October 2019

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Dani Chavez promoted to Senior Marketing Manager at YMU Music US

Chavez served as Head of Digital at Ultra Records prior to joining YMU

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SESAC Digital to represent Wise Music catalog for DSP negotiations in multiple regions in Asia

Liechtenstein-headquartered music rights organization, SESAC Digital Licensing, and Wise Music Australia (part of the Wise Music Group) have partnered via an exclusive digital licensing deal for the Wise Music catalog in Asia (excluding Japan, South Korea and China). On behalf of Wise Music, SESAC Digital will negotiate agreements with online service providers in the markets … Continued

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Robert Kyncl and Luz Avila Kyncl pledge 5 more years of scholarship support for underrepresented STEM students at SUNY New Paltz

In the past, 16 students have benefited from Kyncl Scholarship at New York educational institution

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‘If there’s something big happening with a record, there’s most likely a story to be told at radio.’

Propeller MD Tom Rose on the company's history, the challenges of cracking the European radio market, and the value that the format brings to artist development in a streaming-led world...

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‘It’s not about money and business, it’s about making people want to come give you a hug because they heard a song’

Hip-hop producer No I.D. talks, with wisdom and humour, about working with legends, his creative philosophy, how the industry is broken and why, if anything, producers get too much respect