Music Business Worldwide

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1. 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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2. ‘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

   UMG has 1,300 stores in its direct-to-consumer business, and the profit margins are huge

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3. 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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4. Bell Partners and Larrosa form strategic alliance, backed by $350m in investments, to acquire music catalogs and companies

   Bell Partners was founded by veteran writer, producer and executive Hayden Bell

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5. 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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6. After raising $165m at a $1bn valuation, Create Music Group acquires UK-based label Ostereo

   Ostereo founder Howard Murphy to exit the company

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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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