Music Business Worldwide News

1. Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker sells complete song catalog to Sony Music Publishing

   The new deal covers both Parker's existing song catalog as well as his future works.

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2. Music publishers threaten Spotify with legal action over lyrics, podcasts, music videos

   NMPA letter obtained by MBW accuses Spotify of not obtaining licenses for the use of lyrics on its platform

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3. Warner Music bolsters A&R and marketing team for Música Mexicana led by Tomas Rodríguez

   Warner's enhanced, integrated new marketing and A&R team for Musica Mexicana comes at a time of explosive growth for the genre

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4. Todd Goodwin promoted to Senior Vice President at UMG’s °1824

   Goodwin has been heading up the °1824 creative marketing team since its inception in 2019

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5. Appeals court upholds Childish Gambino victory in ‘This Is America’ copyright infringement case

   Rapper Kidd Wes had copyrighted the sound recording, but not the composition, of his 2016 track 'Made In America'

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6. Downtown Music launches Downtown Royalties & Financial Services division, led by Curve founder Tom Allen

   Tom Allen has been appointed President of Downtown Royalties & Financial Services

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7. Reservoir acquires catalog of 2Pac producer Big D Evans

   Evans produced some of 2Pac’s biggest hits

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8. Jason Miller exits CTS Eventim joint venture, retains stake in Eventim Live Asia

   Under his leadership, ELA staged events in 20 cities, spanning 13 countries and four continents

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9. FKP Scorpio acquires Nordic Exhibitions & Events as it expands focus to exhibitions

   The newly branded FKP Scorpio Entertainment will focus on exhibitions, family entertainment, comedy, spoken word, and special events

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10. Tencent Music’s subscription revenues surge 39% to $500M in Q1 as paying subs hit 113.5M

    The music streaming service saw growth in both paid subscribers and average revenue per user

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