Warner Music Group Launches WMG Boost To Invest In Music Tech Startups

In a positive sign for overall industry growth, music business giant Warner Music Group has to allocate some of its cash into something called WMG boost, with hopes of investing. Continue reading

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AM BRIEF: Spotify Latin Chief Joins WMG • Winamp Returns • Investors Covet Dire Straits Catalog • More

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Sony, Warner Music Invest In Tencent Ahead Of IPO

While Chinese streaming giant Tencent Music Entertainment's announcement that it was planning to go public in the US was in and of itself major news, a revelation that both Sony. Continue reading

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WMG Launches Multi Million Dollar ‘Boost’ Fund

Warner Music Group has launched WMG Boost, a seed investment fund to support entrepreneurial growth and innovation in the music industry. The multimillion dollar fund will invest in early stage. Continue reading

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Warner Music Group Partners With dotBlockchain To Modernize Content Management

dotBlockchain Media has scored its first major label and music publisher partnership with Warner Music Group.  Warner Chappell publishing and WMG labels will work with the startup to create new ways to. Continue reading

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WMG Acquires EMP Merchandising For $180M

[UPDATED] Warner Music Group continues to diversify beyond recorded music with the $180 million acquisition of EMP Merchandising,  a major European specialty music and entertainment merchandise e-tailer. EMP is currently. Continue reading

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Elektra Music Group Adds Two To A&R Team

WMG's Elektra Music Group, which is relaunching as a standalone label group on Oct 1st, has announced two A&R appointments. Will McDonald has joined the label as VP President, A&R. Continue reading

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Sony, Universal Earn $500K Every Hour From Streaming

While streaming is often slammed for how little money it brings in, it turns out that this is more an issue for the artists, and the major companies behind the. Continue reading

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Warner Music Group Posts Solid Q3 2018, Digital Up 14%

[UPDATE 2] Warner Music Group revenue grew 1.9% on a constant currency basis in Q3 2018, according to a financials filed on Tuesday. That growth was driven by the sale. Continue reading

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Sire Records’ Seymour Stein: Moving On, But Not Slowing Down

After forty-two years in the corporate music world, music industry legend Seymour Stein (notable in part for his discovery of Madonna, The Ramones, and The Talking Heads) is leaving Warner. Continue reading

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