Music Business Worldwide News

1. Antony Bebawi, Tom Gray, Crispin Hunt and Philip Pope appointed to PRS for Music Board

   Appointments were made by PRS members at the PRS AGM on May 21

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2. Music sampling startup Tracklib raises $1.7m from Sony and WndrCo

   The funding round is in preparation for a Series A funding later this year

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3. CD Baby partners with mastering service CloudBounce

   Algorithm-driven mastering service costs $4.90 per track

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4. Troy Carter’s Q&A hires Spotify and Facebook veterans Phillip Eubanks and Marc Hemeon

   Execs join as Head of Design and Chief Operating Officer, respectively

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5. Mushroom Music Publishing unveils company restructure under leadership of MD Linda Bosidis

   Restructure follows departure of MD Ian James

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6. Sofar Sounds raises $25m to help ‘scale the artist-fan connection globally’

   Raise is being led by Battery Ventures and Union Square Ventures

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7. ‘Creativity is a muscle. It must be worked out. It must be pushed.’

   Geffen boss Neil Jacobson on A&R, talking fast, the death of the album and much more

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8. Absolute Rights Management signs Jack Savoretti

   Artist scored his first No.1 on the UK’s Official Albums Chart in March

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9. Universal Music Publishing Group signs Logic to exclusive administration deal

   Logic  has amassed billions of streams and sold over five million albums

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10. Beatport integrates LINK subscription service with Denon DJ hardware

    Integration to be available before the end of 2019

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