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- Daniel Ek just cashed out $35.8 million in Spotify shares. But that’s nothing compared to his co-founder… who just cashed out $383.8 million.on 15/11/2024 at 23:48
Spotify’s share price is flying. Following the firm’s announcement of its Q3 2024 results on Tuesday (November 12), SPOT’s stock price jumped on the NYSE, closing at an all-time high of USD $477.50 yesterday (November 14). It settled back down to $458.32 at the close of trading today (November 15), but that was still enough … Continued Source
- From GEMA’s copyright lawsuit against OpenAI to Hipgnosis’ $1.47bn ABS deal… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Upon 15/11/2024 at 17:20
The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place… Source
- Jin of BTS is the latest artist to launch an interactive hub on TikTok to promote new solo album, ‘Happy’on 15/11/2024 at 17:14
TikTok has partnered with K-Pop superstar Jin on a new multimedia campaign in support of his first solo album, Happy, Source
- Shintaro Aki appointed Managing Director of EMI Records Japanon 15/11/2024 at 15:24
Exec joins UMJ from Warner Music Japan, where he most recently served as Senior Executive Producer Source
- Nas’s Mass Appeal expands into Pakistan, partners with two of the country’s biggest artists, Talha Anjum and Umairon 15/11/2024 at 15:05
Company says the move aims to highlight the country’s "dynamic and evolving" hip hop scene Source
- Spotify launches ‘Partner Program’ with new monetization options for video creatorson 14/11/2024 at 18:19
Spotify says expanded video offerings will be good for music rightsholders, as it will bring more listeners to the platform Source
- Boomplay MD Phil Choi exits, joins Warner Music Group as Head of Business Development for APAC regionon 14/11/2024 at 17:30
Exec to report to New York-based Allen Coye, who heads up business development for Recorded Music at WMG Source
- Chris Taylor launches management company, Hall of Fame Artistson 14/11/2024 at 17:14
Taylor is former president and CEO of Blackstone-owned MNRK Music Group Source
- Jedd Katrancha named Chief Creative Officer at Downtown Music Publishingon 14/11/2024 at 17:00
Katrancha will oversee A&R, business development, and sync Source
- Live Nation’s job is to ‘take the punch for the artist’… and 3 other things we learned from Michael Rapino during the company’s investor presentationon 14/11/2024 at 16:11
Ticketmaster's dynamic pricing system means that, sometimes, ticket prices actually come down Source