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# Music Publishing News Weekly Roundup 3.4.14: Island Def Jam Reorg, Sales Stats, Spotify Redesign
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/music-publishing-news-weekly-roundup-april-4-2014/
- Published: 2014-04-04T08:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2014-04-04T08:40:00.000Z
- Description: Island Def Jam Motown has reorganized into three standalone labels, Island, Def Jam, and Motown Records. Each label will be restructured with a new CEO and team to better fit. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/04/music-publishing-news-weekly-roundup-april-4-2014.html]
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[](http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/6029454/island-def-jam-motown-reorganizes-barry-weiss-steps-down?ref=hypebot.com)[Island Def Jam Motown has reorganized into three standalone labels](http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/6029454/island-def-jam-motown-reorganizes-barry-weiss-steps-down?ref=hypebot.com), Island, Def Jam, and Motown Records. Each label will be restructured with a new CEO and team to better fit their respective artists. The goal of this change is to re-establish the brand and story of each label in particular Motown Records who has a long history of traditional R&B and gospel acts. This label will permanently relocate to Los Angeles.

**MORE:**

- [**Total worldwide music sales in the U.S. has remained high**](http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/6029448/ifpis-recording-industry-in-numbers-us-at-44-billion-germany?ref=hypebot.com) with a total of $4.47 Billion in 2013\. This represents an increase in sales growth by .8%. An annual global sales report called [“Recording Industry In Numbers”](http://www.ifpi.org/global-statistics.php?ref=hypebot.com) from IFPI indicates that Japan falls 2nd with a total $3.01 Billion. This was followed by Germany who surpassed the U.K. for the world’s 3rd position. Their sales totaled to $1.37 Billion while U.K.’s totaled $1.30 Billion. According to the report, digital music made up over 60% of recorded music revenues with subscription based services growing by 65.4% in 2013.
- **[Spotify has launched a new redesign](http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2014/04/02/spotifyupdate?ref=hypebot.com)** for iPhone, desktop and web apps. With a darker background and more subtle icons, the new design allows for the album art to be more visible and “pop”. There is also a new feature called “your music” that serves in place of “playlists” that allows the user to more easily store the music they like. Spotify released a [YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1I6-wv0p8k&feature=youtu.be&ref=hypebot.com) on Tuesday to introduce the new layout.

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