Music Business Worldwide

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1. Epidemic Sound has courted controversy over its ‘buy-out deals’. Here’s exactly how the company pays artists…

   MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points

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2. US independent vinyl retailers call for end to artist/label D2C pre-sell exclusivity windows

   "By restricting pre-sale opportunities... record labels create a two-tiered system that privileges certain consumers over others."

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3. Key Songs In The Life Of… Glyn Aikins

   MBW’s Key Songs In The Life Of… is a series in which we ask influential music industry figures about the tracks that have – so far – defined their journey and their existence.

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4. After Concord bids $1.511bn for Hipgnosis Songs Fund, Blackstone tells HSF shareholders: Don’t move a muscle, we’ll be right back

   It's all about those "irreovcables"...

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5. PAI Partners takes majority stake in professional audio equipment maker Audiotonix

   A news report suggests the deal for Audiotonix is worth nearly GBP £2 billion.

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6. Luminate reaches music sales data collection deal with indie record stores

   The new arrangement defuses a controversy over how Luminate collects data on physical music sales at indie stores

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7. Symphonic Distribution hires UMG and BMG veteran Stephen Nightingale as VP, A&R and Business Development, Canada

   Nightingale has worked with acts such as Guns n' Roses, the Smashing Pumpkins and Nine Inch Nails across his two-decade career

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8. ‘From the start, we knew we were going to be the biggest in the country.’

   D-Block Europe are flying, with multiple sold out arena dates behind them, and a No.1 UK album this year. Manager Wesley Earl Banton discusses the UK rap duo’s rise and rise, and the importance of loyalty…

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9. Amid controversy over Spotify’s songwriter payments, Daniel Ek cashes out $118.8 million in company shares

   Ek's move on the New York Stock Exchange comes amid criticism for Spotify for reducing the royalty rate via which it pays songwriters in the US

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10. Milk & Honey now represents Travis Kelce and 80 other sports stars – but its world still ‘revolves around the songwriter’

    Lucas Keller talks Travis Kelce, Spotify, A&R, and where his company is headed

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