Music Business Worldwide

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1. Reactional Music taps MusicInfra to build ‘next-generation’ rights management platform for gaming

   'Music’s use has exploded across platforms and devices, which means that traditional frameworks and the supporting infrastructure must evolve...'

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2. MDLBEAST’s Mazen Khamis talks Soundstorm 2025, XP Music Futures, and growth in MENA’s music business

   Mazen Khamis, Executive Director of Marketing, Commercial, and Products at MDLBEAST on organizing large-scale music events in Saudi Arabia

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3. Craig Kallman appointed Chief Music Officer of Warner Music Group

   A&R veteran will continue to sign new artists to Big Beat

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4. Great Mountain Partners launches $600m fund to invest in music and other media

   GMP's new fund is seeking 'opportunities at the intersection of premium content, audiences, and new monetization models'

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5. Darya Pourshasb, ex-Spotify Global Head of Premium Content, named Chief Marketing Officer of Believe, as company acquires her music marketing platform ampd Method

   Pourshasb previously served as Global Head of Premium Content at Spotify

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6. Laura Segura named Executive Director at She Is The Music

   Segura joins SITM after spending five years at MusiCares, where she led relief initiatives that distributed more than $51 million to music professionals.

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7. Spotify launches music videos in the US and Canada for Premium users

   The feature will reach all Premium users in both countries by the end of the month.

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8. Why the music industry must build a new value system, and how digital fan marketplaces make it possible

   The following MBW op/ed comes from Paul Knowles, the co-founder of Dune, an app-based engagement platform that lets music fans buy a ‘stake’ in their favourite artists

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9. KATSEYE named TikTok’s Global Artist of the Year for 2025

   'Pretty Little Baby' by the late, great Connie Francis became TikTok's Global Song of the Year

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10. beatBread surpasses $100m in deal funding as company marks its fifth anniversary

    The catalog of music tied to these deals has accumulated 67.6 billion streams since the company's inception.

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