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- Bruno Crolot to leave Spotify for a role at Believeon 19/05/2025 at 17:49
Exec originally joined Spotify as General Manager for France and Benelux in 2016 Source
- Universal’s GTS acquires Latin Music management company RLMon 19/05/2025 at 17:40
The company was founded by Rosa Lagarrigue in 1980 Source
- Recognition Music forms Senior Advisory Group, welcoming Matt Spetzler as Chairman, plus Lisa Alter and David H Johnson as memberson 19/05/2025 at 17:20
Spetzler is the founder of Jamen Capital and a veteran technology and media investor Source
- TikTok launches album campaigns for Jin of BTS, Avicii and Måneskin’s Damiano Davidon 19/05/2025 at 17:17
TikTok has unveiled three new artist campaigns Source
- Ed Sheeran urges US Supreme Court to reject appeal of ‘Thinking Out Loud’ copyright caseon 19/05/2025 at 17:11
Overruling a lower court’s decision could lead to “rampant” speculative copyright lawsuits, Sheeran’s lawyers argue Source
- Live Nation begins operating its first venue in Colombia, in partnership with Grupo Páramoon 19/05/2025 at 17:11
The concert giant's strategy of building high-quality venues in underserved markets has taken another step forward Source
- UMG is hiring for a Vice President, Global Head of Fraud Preventionon 19/05/2025 at 17:09
Universal Music Group is hiring for a Vice President, Global Head of Fraud Prevention, based in Los Angeles, New York, the UK, or Germany. That’s according to a job ad, spotted by MBW, in which UMG writes that streaming fraud and copyright fraud are “existential threats” to the music industry and that its fraud prevention … Continued Source
- Key Songs In The Life of… Isabel Garveyon 19/05/2025 at 13:51
The former Abbey Road Studios MD who joined Tony Harlow's Warner Music UK team as COO two years ago selects the tracks that have inspired and sustained her life and career so far... Source
- Live Nation and AEG face probe over pandemic refund policies (report)on 19/05/2025 at 10:14
Prosecutors are weighing bringing charges against Live Nation and CEO Michael Rapino, Bloomberg reported Source
- From Trump firing top copyright official to SoundCloud ‘fixing’ AI policy… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Upon 16/05/2025 at 15:43
The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place… Source