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Reservoir and PopArabia acquire catalog of Egyptian superstar Omar Kamal
Reservoir Media, in conjunction with MENA-based music company PopArabia, have acquired the catalog of Egyptian star Omar Kamal.The deal includes...
Adrian Pope named EVP Digital Business & Global Partner Relations at Virgin Music Group
Adrian Pope has been appointed Executive Vice President, Digital Business & Global Partner Relations at Virgin Music Group, the global...
Bad Bunny label Rimas Entertainment acquires ‘significant’ stake in Dale Play Records
Rimas Entertainment, best known as the home of Latin music superstar Bad Bunny, has acquired a ‘significant’ stake in Dale...
No, Spotify hasn’t gone down… unless you were pirating it
Over the past few days, the online world has been rife with reports that Spotify is down – but it...
Universal acquires Netherlands-based indie music company 8Ball
Universal Music Group (UMG) appears to have acquired an independent music company in the Netherlands, called 8Ball Music.Launched in 2006...
From YouTube’s 125m subscribers to UMG’s $5bn recorded music subscription revenues… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines...
Robert Kyncl talks Spotify deal, Warner Music’s distribution strategy at Morgan Stanley event
Yesterday (March 8), Robert Kyncl gave one of his most energized interviews yet…even if the timing was a little odd.Kyncl...
BMG combines Sync and Production Music to form Global Sync Services team, led by Amberly Crouse-Knox and Scott Doran
BMG has announced that it’s combining its Sync and Production Music teams into a single new division dedicated to global Sync...
Universal Music Group’s recorded music subscription streaming revenues topped $5bn in 2024, up 9.1% YoY
Universal Music Group‘s latest FY results are out.Within UMG’s financial figures for the 2024 fiscal/calendar year lies this pearl: the...
Daniel Ek bags another $29m from Spotify share sale, cashing out close to $700m since 2023
Spotify CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek sold another USD $29.2 million worth of company shares on Wednesday (March 5), continuing...
