Music Business News: Norway

Grammy-winning engineer Wez Clarke’s music-making skills have been ‘cloned’ by an AI platform. He loves it.

The clone was created in collaboration with the engineer himself

Daniel Ek says he’s ‘probably the least powerful person in Spotify,’ and 3 other things we learned from his recent Norges Bank interview

Ek also commented on what AI will mean for Spotify subscribers during his interview on the In Good Company podcast hosted by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) CEO Nicolai Tangen

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Peermusic acquires Arctic Rights Management – one of the largest independent music publishers in Norway

Arctic Rights Management's catalog features over 5,000 recordings and compositions

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Court dismisses shareholder lawsuit over Block’s purchase of TIDAL

Tech company led by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey purchased Jay-Z's music streaming service TIDAL in 2021

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‘There’s nothing like making it in New York. I know it’s a cliché, but it’s true.’

Norwegian production duo Stargate look back on a 25+ year career that has taken them from Trondheim to LA via London and New York, working with some of the greatest artists in the world on the way

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Petter Walther Walthinsen promoted to Head of A&R for Warner Chappell Music Nordics

Walthinsen originally joined the company in 2018 as Senior A&R Manager of Warner Chappell Music Norway

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Music-making app Voisey dumped amid Snapchat owner’s wide-scale restructuring

Snap bought the startup in November 2020

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A new independent distribution powerhouse emerges in Scandinavia, as Danmark buys Secretly Noord

Secretly Distribution to become equity partner in DANMARK