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From Warner’s EMP sell-off to Universal Music’s Briegmann promotion… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

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Bill Withers’ publisher sues UMG, Sony, and Kobalt, claiming Olivia Dean’s ‘I’ve Seen It’ copies ‘Just the Two of Us’

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‘I would rather have 1% of a hit record than 100% of a record that wasn’t.’

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Suno is ‘far beyond’ 2m subscribers and $300m in revenue, says Mikey Shulman – who argues it’s ‘good’ that AI music has no ‘firm rules of the road’ yet

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An $8M streaming fraud, two plays a day. Here’s the pro-rata math behind the bot scheme – and the rule change that would have killed it.

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Yusim Aladro promoted to General Manager at Warner Music Mexico

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The Intimacy Economy: Why Music Stars Are Going Small

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Less than three months after exiting Kobalt, Willard Ahdritz officially launches Ahdritz Capital Partners

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ElevenLabs valuation doubles to $22B – four times that of AI music rival Suno

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Frank Briegmann promoted to Chairman & CEO of Universal Music Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada & Deutsche Grammophon

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Warner Music Central Europe appoints former Adidas exec Nici Ochmann as Head of Culture & Creator Marketing

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Linking songs to recordings is music data’s ‘single biggest unsolved problem.’ Expect it to come up at DDEX’s Meta-backed summit next month.

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Ex-Capitol A&R exec Carter Gregory strikes JV for Plot Twist Records with 10K Projects and Atlantic Records

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Paul Shaver joins SoundExchange as SVP of Business Development

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Sia sells 50% of music catalog to Pophouse in $180M deal

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Tokyo court rules that a person’s voice can be protected by publicity rights – a first for Japan

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TikTok launches global in-app campaign for ‘POPS,’ the new album from Japan’s top-selling act Mrs. GREEN APPLE

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TikTok builds a Taylor Swift ‘Patient Zero’ hub – as her video rollout keeps skipping YouTube

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Oasis archive recordings pulled from auction as band take legal action against former sound engineer

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From Warner’s EMP sell-off to Universal Music’s Briegmann promotion… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

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From Warner’s EMP sell-off to Universal Music’s Briegmann promotion… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

Bill Withers’ publisher sues UMG, Sony, and Kobalt, claiming Olivia Dean’s ‘I’ve Seen It’ copies ‘Just the Two of Us’

‘I would rather have 1% of a hit record than 100% of a record that wasn’t.’

Suno is ‘far beyond’ 2m subscribers and $300m in revenue, says Mikey Shulman – who argues it’s ‘good’ that AI music has no ‘firm rules of the road’ yet

An $8M streaming fraud, two plays a day. Here’s the pro-rata math behind the bot scheme – and the rule change that would have killed it.

Yusim Aladro promoted to General Manager at Warner Music Mexico

The Intimacy Economy: Why Music Stars Are Going Small

Less than three months after exiting Kobalt, Willard Ahdritz officially launches Ahdritz Capital Partners

ElevenLabs valuation doubles to $22B – four times that of AI music rival Suno

Frank Briegmann promoted to Chairman & CEO of Universal Music Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada & Deutsche Grammophon

Warner Music Central Europe appoints former Adidas exec Nici Ochmann as Head of Culture & Creator Marketing

Linking songs to recordings is music data’s ‘single biggest unsolved problem.’ Expect it to come up at DDEX’s Meta-backed summit next month.

Ex-Capitol A&R exec Carter Gregory strikes JV for Plot Twist Records with 10K Projects and Atlantic Records

Paul Shaver joins SoundExchange as SVP of Business Development

Sia sells 50% of music catalog to Pophouse in $180M deal

Tokyo court rules that a person’s voice can be protected by publicity rights – a first for Japan

TikTok launches global in-app campaign for ‘POPS,’ the new album from Japan’s top-selling act Mrs. GREEN APPLE

TikTok builds a Taylor Swift ‘Patient Zero’ hub – as her video rollout keeps skipping YouTube

Oasis archive recordings pulled from auction as band take legal action against former sound engineer

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