Music Business News: Germany

5 ‘fake stream’ sites forced to cease manipulation by court injunctions in Germany

News follows closure of fake stream site Followerschmiede.de in March

Despite pandemic, Germany’s recorded music revenues grew 4.8% to $856m in the first half of 2020

Audio streaming now claims more than two thirds of Germany's revenues

Kleopatra Sofroniou promoted to General Manager Classics at Deutsche Grammophon

Exec has worked with Universal Music Group over the past 15 years

BMG and TV production company Fremantle extend global partnership

Extended deal includes a global music publishing and administration agreement for Fremantle’s catalog

Germany’s Budde Music inks JV with UK publisher Karma Songs

First signing to the JV is singer/songwriter Nick Bradley

BMG to make diversity of exec hires a key objective for company’s managers

BMG's Hartwig Masuch has outlined action to be taken by the company to address racial inequality

Amazon Music launches ‘Breakthrough’, a new global artist development program

Support will include video and audio content, global marketing, increased visibility across Amazon Music’s playlists

SoundCloud and Pharrell might just have uncovered a slew of future hits on ‘I Am Other, Vol 1’

Ten artists make the cut of new release, with all raised funds going to good causes