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News Spirit Music Group signs exclusive JV with T Bone Burnett David Rezner signs long-term deal with songwriter/producer
News CD Baby launches publishing admin service in the UK Willis Earl Beal and Grant Lee Phillips are clients
News Christian Tattersfield signs Kobalt deal for Good Soldier Songs Because Music and Mushroom partner in other territories
News ‘Pay As You Go’ Spotify rival turns to crowdfunding to help raise £1m Martin Rigby plans to launch in US by the end of this year
News Concord acquires Wind-Up and Fearless after $100m investment Music company is backed by investment manager Wood Creek
Analysis Fast-growing Sony/ATV now controls 4 million song copyrights Publisher is around 800,000 ahead of rival UMPG
News Eye Sound founder Frank Ströbele joins BMG in Germany Exec's management clients include Within Temptation
News Simfy quits streaming music race in Germany as Spotify dominates Platform was born in 2010 and expanded abroad
News Holland’s CTM signs Dirty Dancing, Little Feat, Steve Miller deals Sub-publishing deals for Imagem's sister company
News Sony/ATV signs Afrika Bambaataa outside North America 'Godfather' of genre began working in 1970s
News Universal signs deal with Philips LED cinema technology Morrissey and Queen concerts to be given makeover
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