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Ackman's Pershing Square raises $1.05 billion in stake sale ahead of potential IPO
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 4 days agoThe sale is a precursor to a potential initial public offering that could happen next year or in...
Bill Ackman, a major Universal Music shareholder, just got richer – and much more ambitious. What...
Music Business Worldwide· 3 days agoMBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music...
Twitch DJs will now have to pay music labels to play songs in livestreams
TechCrunch· 21 hours agoThe company announced Thursday a new program that enables DJs to stream millions of tracks in a new...
Music Industry Moves: Warner Music Group Hires Goldman Sachs’ Michael Ryan-Southern as Executive VP...
Variety via Yahoo Finance· 17 hours agoWarner Music Group (WMG) has elected Michael Ryan-Southern to the newly created position of...
‘CoComelon’ And ‘Blippi’ Producer Moonbug Entertainment Ups Courtney Holt To Managing Director,...
Deadline Hollywood· 7 days agoCourtney Holt, a veteran media and tech exec who joined CoComelon and Blippi producer Moonbug...
Yoto's new release is a child-friendly Starlight Express album
Music Ally· 24 hours agoThis is part of Yoto’s partnership with Universal Music Group, although thankfully this time round there are no fat-bottomed controversies ...
Twitch announces a program allowing DJs to split revenue with record labels
The Verge· 21 hours agoLivestreaming platform Twitch announced a new program aimed at DJs today that will allow creators to use copyrighted music in their streams by paying a fee. Twitch signed deals with major record ...
Bill Ackman eyes IPO of Pershing Square
Fox Business via AOL· 7 days agoPershing Square managed about $16.3 billion in net assets as of the end of April; other asset managers with valuations in the same ballpark manage...
Can Coca-Cola Crack the Charts With Its Ambitious New Music Plan?
Billboard via Yahoo News· 7 days agoFifty years ago, the iconic brand's jingle proclaimed "I'd like to buy the world a Coke." Now it's...
Could AI kill the radio star?
The Economist· 20 hours agoOur podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, we ask what music-making machines could mean for the record business