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‘Super-Premium’ music subscription tiers coming in 2025, and 3 other things we learned from Universal Music's Boyd Muir at the Morgan Stanley conference

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Create acquires Ostereo

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Bell Partners & Larrosa to buy Spanish-language catalogs

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Warner’s ADA and regional Mexican music specialist Elegante Records ink global distribution deal

Elegante's roster includes artists such as Conjunto Rienda Real, La Pócima Norteña, and Distinto Norte

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Concord unveils inaugural advisory board

Darien Dash, Marc Geiger, Tom Whalley and Jake Wisely will be among the members of the advisory board headed up by Scott Pascucci

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Evan Bogart’s Seeker Music acquires The Wombats publishing catalog

Company has acquired the publishing rights to the band's first four albums

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Universal Music strikes ‘landmark’ strategic distribution deal with China’s Modern Sky

Founded in 1997, Modern Sky is home to a roster of over 150 artists

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Shazam tops 100 billion song recognitions since launch

Shazam notes that’s equivalent to 12 songs identified for every person on Earth

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Partisan, the independent label home of IDLES and Blondshell, inks global distribution deal with Virgin Music Group

Partisan is home to artists such as IDLES, Blondshell, PJ Harvey, Cigarettes After Sex, Laura Marling, Ezra Collective, and more

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Nashville hitmaker Matt Alderman sells catalog to Anthem Entertainment

Anthem has also signed a publishing deal with the hitmaking country songwriter

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AEG sues Young Thug for breach of contract after $16M catalog sale (report)

The live entertainment company says Young Thug sold a repertoire of songs that were collateral for a loan

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Court asked to review Ed Sheeran ‘Thinking Out Loud’ legal victory

The owner of part of the rights to Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On is arguing in front of an appeals court to reinstate a case against Ed Sheeran

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Lucy Huang appointed Chief Technology & Product Officer at TuneCore

Exec will be responsible for the company’s development and strategic direction of new technology and products

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Sony Music settles Whitney Houston biopic lawsuit over alleged unpaid song licenses

Sony accused the film's producers of failing to pay sync licensing fees for 24 tracks used in 'Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody'

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HarbourView acquires master royalty income of Grammy-winning Jazz star George Benson

Benson has released 36 studio albums and eight live albums

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Dan Nigro on changing the pop landscape with Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan

The hottest-to-go songwriter around right now talks to MBW about writing some of the biggest hits of the last few years, TikTok and launching his own label

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‘I love seeing how far dance music has come. This is not a fad.’

Mariesa Stevens, Partner and Vice President at specialist live agency Liaison Artists, on the growth and power of dance music - and putting the importance of putting the fan experience first

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Amazon Music to bundle Audiobooks from Audible – and unlike Spotify’s bundling move, publishers say it won’t decrease revenue for songwriters

Audible’s library includes a US catalog of more than 1 million audiobooks

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Key Songs in the Life Of… Maykel Piron

CEO & Co-founder of legendary dance music label and now major force in copyright acquisition selects his personal magnificent seven

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Kevin Lipson appointed Chief Revenue Officer at Republic Records

Lipson will oversee revenue strategy at Universal's East Coast-based group of labels, including Republic, Mercury, Def Jam, and Island

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Suno, after being sued by the majors for copyright infringement, launches V4, which it says takes AI music creation ‘to the next level’

The company has also hired Jack Brody, formerly of Snap, as its Chief Product Officer