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News Niall Horan signs publishing deal with Downtown Music Publishing Downtown was also the admin partner of One Direction
News It’s official: BMG paid $103m for Broken Bow Records and its parent Bertelsmann-owned company splashed $136m on acquisitions in 2016
Interviews ‘Dare I say it: no major label can offer what we can at the moment’ Dave Pichilingi on Sound City 2017 - and what its new Chinese investor brings to the table
News Universal signs major licensing deal with Tencent in China Pair will jointly build Abbey Road China in the region
News Imagem USA hires Downtown’s Jeremy Yohai as Head of A&R Exec has worked with Andrew Wyatt/Miike Snow, Santigold, Hiatus Kaiyote and Sturgill Simpson
News Downtown Music Publishing bolsters team with ten new hires The news comes soon after a shopping spree for the company
News Music licensing platform Songtradr expands service for artists and licensees Music licensing platform steps up its game
News SoundCloud Go goes super-cheap in $1 for three months promotion Loss-making service gets aggressive on price with new promotion
News CI forms strategic alliance with Entertainment Intelligence CI's clients will be able to use Entertainment Intelligence for sales and usage data analysis
News Da Beat Freakz sign with Cloud 9 Music – Bucks to represent in the UK London-based duo have scored cuts with Usher, Chris Brown and Sean Paul
News Primary Wave acquires Rough Trade Publishing stake in $5m+ financing deal Rough Trade has signed the likes of War On Drugs, Superchunk, Grizzly Bear, the Magnetic Fields, Against Me!, and Future Islands
News Jack White signs first ever global publishing deal with UMPG During his 20-year career, White has amassed 170 songwriting credits, including collaborations with Beyoncé and Alicia Keys
Analysis If Vivendi sells a chunk of Universal Music Group… who’d buy it? Could Alibaba, Tencent, Apple, Google or Access Industries buy their way into UMG?