Music Business News: Europe

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

TuneCore Germany inks Dolby Atmos production partnership with ThreeDee Music

Deal will allow independent artists to release their tracks in Dolby Atmos through Apple Music

Jack Antonoff is now managed by – and launching a label with – Jamie Oborne, as he inks global publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group

Confirmed today, Jack Antonoff is now managed by Jamie Oborne / All On Red for the world, as are Antonoff's band, Bleachers

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Spotify could ban white noise podcasts to boost annual profit by up to $38M (report)

Bloomberg reports that Daniel Ek and co may make bold move to free up internal resources and improve profitability

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After raising $2.7m, music royalties marketplace MasterExchange sells out its first ‘initial music offering’

Platform, launched in 2022 in Stockholm, is a marketplace to invest in song royalties

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Josh Javor named co-head of WME’s London music department

Javor joins WME from X-Ray Touring

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BMG to represent ‘entire publishing catalog’ of Grammy Award-winning UK electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers

Duo’s first seven albums to move to BMG

Interviews

‘Dolby Atmos is not just a gimmick. Music in 3D has the potential to replace Stereo.’

Matthias Stalter, founder and CEO of Spatial Audio production company ThreeDee Music, gives us his predictions for the Spatial Audio business, and explains how ThreeDee Music is situated in the sector…