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Priya Dewan upped to VP, International Marketing, Asia Pacific and MD, Southeast Asia and Korea at The Orchard

New position marks the company’s first Pan-Asian management role

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Three Six Zero founder Mark Gillespie named Senior Advisor to music NFT platform Opulous

Opulous recently raised $500,000 with Lil Pump by selling slices of rights to artist's track as NFTs

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Denis Gorshkov joins Believe as MD for Russia and CIS

Gorshkov will lead Believe's distribution, artist services and TuneCore across the region

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Snapchat inks licensing deal with Sony Music Entertainment

Deal means that Snap now has partnerships in place with all three major labels

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As merch bounces back, Universal hires Matt Young to lead Bravado as President

Ex-Warner executive will steer UMG's flagship merch company in post-pandemic era

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From the Astroworld tragedy to Universal’s new virtual band – It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The music industry's biggest few stories from the past week, and why they matter

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Vevo Artists To Watch 2022: Wet Leg, Willie Jones, Enny, Andy Rivera, Poupie

Five more artists from the Vevo DSCVR Artists To Watch list take their turn in the spotlight

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Meet KINGSHIP, a new virtual group launched by Universal label 10:22PM

10:22PM founder Celine Joshua, 'engineered the landmark, first-ever exclusive agreement to create a metaverse group', according to Universal Music Group

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EMPIRE just paid a $1m advance to an artist in Bitcoin via Cash App

EMPIRE says its payment to Money Man marks the first advance paid entirely in Bitcoin by a record label

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Bruno Mars fans join BTS ARMY and Taylor Swift fans on superfan app Fave

Fave is a social media platform for superfans

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Grammy-winning producer Cirkut inks global deal with Universal Music Publishing Group

Cirkut has written and produced for Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus and The Weeknd

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Warner launches JV label MARV Music with British production company MARV, Colin Barlow joins as President

First single will be a joint release with Parlophone from FKA Twigs featuring Central Cee

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What will be the aftermath of Travis Scott’s Astroworld? And is Vevo the major labels’ secret weapon?

Welcome to the latest episode of Talking Trends, the weekly podcast from Music Business Worldwide

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Catch Point Rights Partners and M3 Music strike pact to source Latin Music catalog acquisition opportunities

Firms to look for opportunities in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina and Brazil

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Ingrooves expands into India, appoints Amit Sharma as Country Manager for the market

Ingrooves has also signed global deals with artists Himesh Reshammiya and Yo Yo Honey Singh

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‘The next 10 years in music hold a wealth of opportunity, but only if copyright, revenue collection and distribution catch up.’

Utopia COO Roberto Neri puts forward his case for an overhaul of how music creators earn and receive money

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Music’s rosy fitness story hits a speedbump, as Peloton reduces annual revenue forecast

Company reduces annual forecast by up to $1 billion

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Tencent Music brings catalog of Chinese tracks to Apple Music worldwide

"Bringing TME’s premium music content from Chinese labels and creators to Apple Music users worldwide, will enable music lovers to explore China’s unique music culture and genres, further enhancing the global discovery of Chinese music."