Music Business News: Netherlands News Pieter van Rijn joins the Board of Directors at Downtown Music HoldingsExec is President of the group’s business and professional services division, Downtown Music News Roger de Graaf and Ewout Swart named Co-Presidents of Spinnin’ RecordsThe move will see De Graaf focus on artist relations and creative projects, while Swart will concentrate on on operations and global acceleration News Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square stays bullish on Universal Music Group, even vs. AI: ‘The long tail of AI-generated content will likely never be heard and will not displace legitimate artists’ work.’Pershing effectively laughs in the face of concerns raised by analysts earlier this year over AI's threat to UMG Analysis Data The 3 major music companies generated $1bn more in the first half of 2023 vs. the first half of 2022MBW crunches the numbers to check in on how the majors performed in the first half of 2022 News CTM Outlander buys Dutch music company Strengholt Music GroupDeal marks the latest in a string of acquisitions for CTM Outlander Analysis News Sir Lucian Grainge on rewarding ‘real’ artists, Universal’s global expansion strategy and more from the company’s Q2 earnings callHighlights from Universal Music Group's Q2 earnings call... Analysis News Universal Music generated $2.93bn in Q2 – boosted by sales from superstars like Taylor Swift and King & PrinceUniversal Music Group's Q2 revenues up 8.8% YoY at constant currency News CTM Outlander acquires catalog from British songwriter and producer Fraser T SmithDeal includes songs recorded by artists including Tiësto, Jonas Blue & Rita Ora (Ritual), Stormzy1 2 … 22 Next
News Pieter van Rijn joins the Board of Directors at Downtown Music HoldingsExec is President of the group’s business and professional services division, Downtown Music
News Roger de Graaf and Ewout Swart named Co-Presidents of Spinnin’ RecordsThe move will see De Graaf focus on artist relations and creative projects, while Swart will concentrate on on operations and global acceleration
News Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square stays bullish on Universal Music Group, even vs. AI: ‘The long tail of AI-generated content will likely never be heard and will not displace legitimate artists’ work.’Pershing effectively laughs in the face of concerns raised by analysts earlier this year over AI's threat to UMG
Analysis Data The 3 major music companies generated $1bn more in the first half of 2023 vs. the first half of 2022MBW crunches the numbers to check in on how the majors performed in the first half of 2022
News CTM Outlander buys Dutch music company Strengholt Music GroupDeal marks the latest in a string of acquisitions for CTM Outlander
Analysis News Sir Lucian Grainge on rewarding ‘real’ artists, Universal’s global expansion strategy and more from the company’s Q2 earnings callHighlights from Universal Music Group's Q2 earnings call...
Analysis News Universal Music generated $2.93bn in Q2 – boosted by sales from superstars like Taylor Swift and King & PrinceUniversal Music Group's Q2 revenues up 8.8% YoY at constant currency
News CTM Outlander acquires catalog from British songwriter and producer Fraser T SmithDeal includes songs recorded by artists including Tiësto, Jonas Blue & Rita Ora (Ritual), Stormzy