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Julia Hummel named Vice President, Digital Strategy & Business Development, at Warner Music Canada

Hummel will help the label’s artists leverage opportunities up in Web3

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A new independent distribution powerhouse emerges in Scandinavia, as Danmark buys Secretly Noord

Secretly Distribution to become equity partner in DANMARK

Interviews

I have seen the future of music. It’s scary, and utterly brilliant.

Our mind has been blown by Soundful. Yours will be, too.

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Tuned Global teams with personalized music-for-gaming firm Reactional Music, in push to help gaming sector integrate music into gameplay

B2B music streaming technology firm Tuned Global strikes deal to be Reactional Music's back-end music provider

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After listing on the NASDAQ in February, Anghami posts revenues of $35.5m for 2021, up 16% YoY

Anghami has published its full year financial results for 2021

Interviews

‘In country, I feel like the magic of songwriting is still very apparent and very dominant.’

MBW profiles country music writing royalty Ashley Gorley as part of our World's Greatest Songwriters series

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ONErpm opens Atlanta Office, headed up by Orlando McGhee

Nick Love and Glenn 'Guccio' Teague join company's Atlanta office as Marketing and A&R executives

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YMU launches US Entertainment division, led by April Tombs

YMU's global clients include Steve Aoki, The Rolling Stones, Nick Cave, Pentatonix, Common and more

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BMG’s latest film project is a new feature-length documentary on Marc Bolan and T. Rex

U2, Elton John, David Bowie, Ringo Starr, Nick Cave, Joan Jett, and filmmaker Cameron Crowe among the cast

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Apple Music launches livestream concert series for ‘the biggest stars in music’, beginning with Harry Styles

Series to start with Harry Styles' ONE NIGHT ONLY IN NEW YORK performance on Friday May 20

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Universal’s Bravado makes metaverse move with Jamiroquai partnership on The Sandbox gaming platform

'Both Bravado and Universal Music Group are excited to help fans explore the metaverse,' said Rachel Redfearn, SVP A&R and Brand Management, Bravado

Analysis News

Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber currently have the most monthly listeners of all artists on Spotify

With just over 84 million monthly listeners, Ed Sheeran remains comfortably in the lead, despite having not released a new studio album since October 2021

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NFT marketplace Serenade raises $4.2m, plans expansion into the US

Visual rebrand and marketplace technology update also planned

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Talent management training program Music Business Academy for Africa returns for second year

Led by Programme Director, Elizabeth Sobowale, the training course runs between July and November 2022

Analysis

Streaming’s surprise growth in Sweden suggests that, for Spotify, the time for price rises is now

MBW turns a magnifying glass to Sweden and Brazil, and discovers some startling statistics about Daniel Ek's successes

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Web3 startup Medallion, led by former Songkick CEO Matt Jones, raises over $9m in seed funding round

Seed round saw support from Mick Management, Mike Shinoda, Red Light Ventures and more

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Hannah Dudley named Head of Artist Promotion and Marketing at amuse

The hire follows what amuse calls a "year of growth" for the label, which has 5000+ tracks within its catalog of licensed music, it says

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Universal consolidates licensing rosters of merchandise companies Bravado and Epic Rights

Lisa Streff to oversee global licensing strategies across both companies