From Music Business Worldwide
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A shaman, a management coup, a tearful press conference and a $770m market cap dip: What the heck is going on at HYBE?
Disputes between record companies and their executives have happened before, but this one takes the cake for weirdness Source
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NEON16 signs Latin American producers, Faraon and Distobal, to its publishing division
'This partnership symbolizes our commitment to shaping the future of music,' said Raul Chirinos, NEON16's Head of Publishing Source
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ONErpm’s ONE Publishing strikes partnership with YouTube for multiple countries in Latin America and the US
ONE Publishing to directly collect mechanical royalties from YouTube in Brazil, the United States, and multiple Latin American countries Source
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PULSE Music forms ‘music publishing creative joint venture’ with Jon Bellion’s Beautiful Mind
Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Elijah Noll is the first artist signed to the joint venture. Source
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Sony Music Germany launches ‘noted. records’ for electronic music, with A&R and strategy led by Jean-Sebastien Permal
The market value of the global dance music scene grew by double digits in 2023. Source
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Blackstone launches $1.57 billion bid for Hipgnosis Songs Fund; HSF board recommends offer to shareholders
With debt taken into account, Blackstone's latest offer values HSF at approximately USD $2.177 billion Source
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From the bidding war for Hipgnosis Songs Fund to ByteDance’s battle for TikTok in the US it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days Source
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Music industry veteran Richard Stumpf launches Hawkeye Music Publishing
New company has named Round Hill Music as a strategic partner Source
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Warner Chappell strikes exclusive deal with BandLab Technologies that includes a JV to identify and sign songwriters on ReverbNation
Companies to identify and sign 'top-performing singer-songwriters' across the ReverbNation platform Source
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Downtown Music announces sudden passing of ‘beloved and highly respected’ CTO, Manan Vohra
Exec is described by Downtown as an 'inspirational and visionary leader' Source
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ByteDance would rather shut TikTok in the US than sell if legal challenge against ban law fails (report)
Citing sources, Reuters reports that TikTok's parent 'would prefer' to shut the app down in the US if court challenge is unsuccessful Source
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Epidemic Sound has courted controversy over its ‘buy-out deals’. Here’s exactly how the company pays artists
MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points Source