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BMG promises faster payments to songwriters who write for its artists
BMG has announced the latest change to the way it pays royalties out, with songwriters set to benefit. Well, a specific group of songwriters, anyway, in a specific country. The […]
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UMG’s latest moves: BMG alliance and Virgin Music reorg
Universal Music Group is having a busy week of it, with two announcements in the area of partnerships and internal organisation.
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BMG takes digital distribution in-house after ending ADA deal
BMG has announced plans to handle its digital distribution in-house, having “agreed to part ways” with its existing partner, WMG’s ADA.
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BMG revenues grew 11.5% to €414m in the first half of 2023
Media group Bertelsmann published its financial results this morning, including figures for its music arm BMG for the first half of 2023.
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BMG brings forward its transition plans for a new CEO
In January, BMG announced that its CEO Hartwig Masuch would be stepping down at the end of this year. That’s now been brought forward.
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BMG “fully integrates” catalogue and frontline music
BMG has announced that it will “fully integrate” its new release and catalogue recordings businesses from today. How that will effectively work is that ‘catalogue’ music will now follow the […]
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BMG’s 2022: revenues up 30.6% and €509m signings and catalogue spend
BMG’s latest financial results are out, and they’re impressive. The company saw its annual revenues grow by 30.6%.
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BMG boss to step down but his successor is already lined up
There are abrupt leadership changes at big companies, and smoother transitions. BMG’s falls into the latter category.
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Pinterest ups music activities with WMG, Merlin and BMG
Of all the social media platforms, Pinterest might be the one most under the radar for the music industry.
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Metadata moves: SoundCloud x Session and BMG x Cyanite
The music industry’s efforts to improve the quality of its metadata continue, with partnerships key to those improvements.
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Pink Floyd catalogue ignites latest industry bidding war
How much would you pay for Pink Floyd’s back catalogue? To buy the rights, we mean: this isn’t a story about the band’s latest all-bells-and-whistles box-set.