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News Atlas Music Publishing partners with Mushroom for Australia and New Zealand New York-based independent expands with overseas partnership
News UMG hires Maximilian Paproth for senior A&R role in central Europe Paproth joins from Sony/ATV, where he was Head of Creative for Germany, Austria and Switzerland
News Patrick Mushatsi-Kareba named CEO of Sony Music GSA Daniel Lieberberg's first public hire joins from UMG
News Primary Wave buys chunk of Bob Marley catalogue in $50m deal Company buys Chris Blackwell's 80% stakes in Marley catalogue and Blue Mountain
News Sony hires Daniel Lieberberg as President, Continental Europe and Africa Exec spent over 15 years at Universal in Germany before joining Rob Stringer's team
News Sony Music Germany boss Philip Ginthör out after 18 years News comes weeks after MBW heard Daniel Lieberberg was joining major
News Live Nation acquires US promoter Frank Productions All employees expected to retain positions following majority buyout
News Reservoir promotes Rell Lafargue to President and Chief Operating Officer “Reservoir is already home to some of the best talent in the business and we’re only just getting started"
News ASCAP veteran DeDe Burns joins Royalty Exchange New position created to support and advocate for songwriters and other rightsholders
News Facebook inks licensing deals with Kobalt, HFA/Rumblefish and Global Music Rights Opt-in agreement secured by SESAC for independent pubcos
News INgrooves acquires royalty accountants Sovereign Music Services Sovereign founders Jennifer Cary and Steve Weatherby and their staff will join the INgrooves team
News Kobalt hires Google Ventures’ Avid Larizadeh Duggan to lead global strategy Exec moves over from Kobalt investor Google Ventures
News Sony/ATV signs Joe Walsh to worldwide publishing deal Celebrated Eagles guitarist has released 20 albums across five decades
News Official: Round Hill buys Carlin in historic nine-figure deal Over 100,000 copyrights acquired by US-based business
News Downtown hires Warner Music exec Tristan Wilson as Head of Sync in the UK Wilson spent nearly four years at Warner Music UK as Senior Creative Manager
News Michael Huppe signs 4-year extension to continue as SoundExchange CEO David Byrne praises Huppe for his work on behalf of artists
News Matador bolsters worldwide team Three new hires join independent label with Rian Fossett promoted to Director of Marketing