Music Business News: United Kingdom

Utopia acquires the UK’s Proper Music Group, launches Distribution Services unit

Fast-growing music tech company acquires again

Sync licensing company Cuesongs joins forces with Big Sync Music

Two Songtradr-owned companies to join under Big Sync Music name

British rock band CRAWLERS sign to Polydor Records

CRAWLERS have clocked up over 21 million streams on Spotify

Round Hill Music buys catalog from White Snake’s David Coverdale, strikes deal with Nancy Wilson from Heart

Coverdale deal includes hits like Here I Go Again and Crying in the Rain

Merlin inks multi-year deal with music licensing platform Lickd

Deal comes four months after Lickd secured £5.1m ($7m) in new funding

Primary Wave spends $60m on stakes in Paul Rodgers and America catalogs

Primary Wave acquires again

‘These last 18 months have taught me resilience, determination and that you just have to figure it out and keep going.’

Amy Morgan, manager of Glass Animals, discusses breaking the Oxford band around the world, working with Polydor/Republic and dealing with imposter syndrome...

Cosmos Music buys Ace Records catalog, including recordings by Etta James, B.B. King and more

Catalog amounts to some 9,000 masters and 3,000 compositions