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Gloria Gaynor sues music producer for alleged copyright infringement, breach of contract
I Will Survive singer Gloria Gaynor and songwriter Robin Randall have sued music producer called Joel Diamond, alleging that Diamond...
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Chris York, one of the UK’s top concert promoters, has died at the age of 55 following a long illness
Chris York, the widely respected live music executive and director of prominent UK-based concert promoter SJM Concerts, has died at...
Maximilian Kolb exits role as BMG’s EVP Repertoire and Marketing, Continental Europe
BMG‘s Maximilian Kolb has stepped down as EVP of Repertoire & Marketing Continental Europe after over a decade with the...
Alexis Lanternier appointed as the new CEO of Deezer
Deezer has named Alexis Lanternier as its new CEO.Lanternier will succeed interim CEO Stu Bergen at the France-headquartered music streaming service,...
Spotify co-founder cashes out $85.8m in stock after streamer posts record profit… as songwriters brace for $150m royalty cut this year
Spotify is a profitable company – and the markets are delighted.The streaming service’s share price shot up around 14% on...
Confirmed: Hipgnosis Songs Fund to delist from stock exchange this month, completing Blackstone takeover
And that’s that. Hipgnosis Songs Fund will officially delist from the London Stock Exchange next week, with its new owner...
Apollo leads $700m investment into Sony Music Group partnership. (It’s a kind of magic!)
Earlier this month, MBW reported that senior music biz sources were telling us that Apollo Global Management had part-financed Sony...
From Universal Music’s Q2 results to Spotify’s new ‘deluxe’ tier… 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...
Why UMG’s slowdown in streaming revenue growth is (partly) an illusion… and 4 other things we learned from Universal’s latest earnings call
The news about Universal Music Group following its latest earnings report yesterday (July 24) has been dramatic, to say the...
