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News Warner Bros. Records ups Mike Sherwood to Senior Vice President, Revenue & Commercial Accounts Sherwood is responsible for new release and long-term strategies for WBR artist campaigns
News eMusic token sale for blockchain-based platform opens to public Funds from the token sale will be used for development of the eMusic Blockchain project
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News Record industry attacks YouTube for ‘carpet-bombing propaganda’ over Article 13 Labels respond to latest Lyor Cohen op/ed, which claims artists will be paid less after Article 13
News Sound Royalties and AdRev team up to pay advances to YouTube creators Content creators will be able to access advances based on their earnings from YouTube and other platforms
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News Steve Sayer appointed Vice President & General Manager at The O2 in London Sayer joined The O2 in 2014 as Commercial Director and was previously Operations Director for Manchester City Football Club
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