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Round Hill buys catalog of Bryan Adams songwriting partner Jim Vallance

Vallance has also written songs for artists including Bonnie Raitt, Aerosmith, Carly Simon, Rod Stewart, Roger Daltrey, Tina Turner, Alice Cooper, Ozzy Osbourne, Europe, Kiss and others

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Audible Magic acquires rights administration business MediaNet from SOCAN

SOCAN and Audible Magic also enter into strategic partnership

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Hipgnosis acquires 50% of Neil Young’s song catalog for around $150m

Merck Mercuriadis says the deal "changes Hipgnosis forever"

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‘I try not to be too abrasive with people. I’m not the type to tell someone, This sucks; you need to do it over.’

Cirkut is the latest interviewee in MBW's World's Greatest Producers series

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SOCAN revenues grew 8.2% in 2019 – but payments to songwriters and publishers shrunk by 6%

Distributions to members in 2019 totalled CAD $296m, compared with CAD $315m distributed in 2018

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AMPED inks North American physical distribution deal with Entertainment One

eOne’s labels include Death Row Records, Dualtone Records and Artemis Records

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Vevo partners with Dutch music video platform XITE to launch new Apple TV app

New app will be a 'free, ad-supported experience'

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New Spotify format allows podcasters to place songs between talk segments in shows

Premium listeners will hear full tracks as part of these shows and Free tier users will hear 30-second music previews