Hipgnosis and its investment adviser The Family (Music) Limited raised £190 million in their latest round of funding. The Placing Shares follow the recent formulation of the Hipgnosis Songs Group...
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Confirming one of the industry’s worst-kept secrets, Samantha Kirby Yoh has been named co-head of UTA Music, joining David Zedeck in overseeing the company’s worldwide music operations.
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The Penske-MRC deal, which created the new PMRC (tip of the hat to Tipper Gore), puts Billboard, Variety, Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter and Music Business Worldwide under one roof, creating a sort of corporate-trade monopoly...
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The technology behind the Grammy Best New Artist process is the subject of our latest cartoon catastrophe, aka Airhead. As usual, Lyor has the last word—and it's unprintable.
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The Recording Academy has partnered with Color of Change to host a virtual, industry-wide Diversity, Inclusion and Equity summit, "Change Music." Panelists include Harvey Mason Jr., Valeisha Butterfield Jones, Dr. Maurice Stinnett, Binta Brown...
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A dearth of high-profile new releases resulted in a dull last full week of summer earnings-wise. The Top 10 moneymakers on our Song Revenue Chart are unchanged from the previous week, apart from slight shifts in positioning. Only one track—Internet Money & Gunna f/Don Toliver & Nav’s “Lemonade”—had a sizable uptick, squeezing out a +32% for the act and label 10K. You can go back to sleep now.
City of Hope has united alongside UMPG, Sony/ATV and Warner Chappell to focus on treatment disparities in health care for minorities through Closing the Care Gap – Facing Racial Disparities in Health Equity: Ensuring Black Lives Matter symposium.
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Ingrooves has secured a patent for AI technology that identifies members of an artist’s audience with potential to become superfans.
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Spotify has partnered with Chernin Entertainment to develop their library of podcasts into original TV, film and digital series. Chernin is the production hub behind Ford v Ferrari, The Greatest Showman, New Girl...
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Which Nashville artists are most likely to have a shot at Grammy’s Big Four categories? We’re glad you asked. We think the recent ACM Awards have clarified the positions of several country acts.
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