Music Business News: United States News Songwriters, rejoice: Spotify appeal FAILS to stop composers getting improved 15.1% streaming royalty rate in the USBottom line: The streaming services are going to have to fork over a pile of cash to publishers and songwriters Analysis News From Universal’s Frank Zappa catalog acquisition to Triller’s US IPO… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe big stories from the past week News Alisha Outridge named Chief Technology & Product Officer at TuneCoreOutridge is the first Chief Technology & Product Officer at the Believe-owned company News TikTok rival Triller files to go public on Nasdaq via ‘the largest creator IPO in history’Triller owns VERZUZ, Fangage, Julius and other subsidiaries, all bought via acquisition News Kanye West sued for allegedly sampling Chicago House legend Marshall Jefferson’s music without permissionSuit was filed by Ultra International Music Publishing in New York News Brigitte Green promoted to Senior Vice President Film & TV Creative Licensing at Interscope Geffen A&M RecordsGreen joined Interscope in 2018 as Vice President of Creative Licensing News Kimberly Knoller named Chief Marketing Officer at deadmau5’s metaverse platform PIXELYNXExec will oversee all marketing strategy and execution for PIXELYNX and its first game, ELYNXIR News Universal buys Frank Zappa recordings, song catalog and complete contents of ‘The Vault’ housing 1,000+ hours of film and videoAcquisition also includes Frank Zappa’s name and likeness1 2 … 751 Next
News Songwriters, rejoice: Spotify appeal FAILS to stop composers getting improved 15.1% streaming royalty rate in the USBottom line: The streaming services are going to have to fork over a pile of cash to publishers and songwriters
Analysis News From Universal’s Frank Zappa catalog acquisition to Triller’s US IPO… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe big stories from the past week
News Alisha Outridge named Chief Technology & Product Officer at TuneCoreOutridge is the first Chief Technology & Product Officer at the Believe-owned company
News TikTok rival Triller files to go public on Nasdaq via ‘the largest creator IPO in history’Triller owns VERZUZ, Fangage, Julius and other subsidiaries, all bought via acquisition
News Kanye West sued for allegedly sampling Chicago House legend Marshall Jefferson’s music without permissionSuit was filed by Ultra International Music Publishing in New York
News Brigitte Green promoted to Senior Vice President Film & TV Creative Licensing at Interscope Geffen A&M RecordsGreen joined Interscope in 2018 as Vice President of Creative Licensing
News Kimberly Knoller named Chief Marketing Officer at deadmau5’s metaverse platform PIXELYNXExec will oversee all marketing strategy and execution for PIXELYNX and its first game, ELYNXIR
News Universal buys Frank Zappa recordings, song catalog and complete contents of ‘The Vault’ housing 1,000+ hours of film and videoAcquisition also includes Frank Zappa’s name and likeness