Music Business News: Europe

Trade body's 'Friends' initiative is designed to facilitate collaboration between companies and the independent music sector

The catalog includes the works of the bands REO Speedwagon, KISS, and Cheap Trick

MusicBird secured a $100m loan facility in February 2023 for music rights acquisitions

Exec previously worked at Ingrooves Music Group

BMG agrees to split with ADA, with streaming distribution going in-house at Bertelsmann-owned company

Opening ceremony on Thursday (September 14) drew over 700 guests including artists, songwriters, and WMG execs

Davies is filling in the role left by Garrett Levin, who stepped down as DiMA’s top executive after relocating to Geneva, Switzerland

France headquartered Mewo is a catalog management platform with an AI-assisted search engine