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1. Sony Music’s Santa Anna makes three exec appointments a month after launch

   Label was founded by Sony Music Entertainment (SME) and Todd Moscowitz in January

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2. Michelle Jubelirer premieres new-look Capitol Music Group at Town Hall event – including the return of Motown

   Los Angeles showcase saw performances from artists including Ice Spice and Niall Horan

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3. TikTok is trying to prove that it doesn’t need major label music – and the eyes of the industry are upon it.

   Service restricts access to major label music for subset of users in Australia

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4. Warner Music Group board member, Ceci Kurzman, joins UTA board alongside Paul Wachter

   Kurzman is the founder of Nexus Management

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5. Shamrock Capital, the firm that bought Taylor Swift’s masters, raises over $600m to expand content strategy

   Company has approximately $4.4bn of assets under management. 

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6. British Government scraps plan for AI text and data mining copyright exception

   Copyright exception received significant backlash from the UK music industry

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7. How Max Martin’s songwriting techniques are used to write hit, after hit, after hit

   Top40 Theory founder Asaf Peres on how he studied Max Martin's songs to build out his Melodic Math Course

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8. After reaching milestone of 60m creators, BandLab acquires beat marketplace Airbit

   Producers have earned more than $50 million on Airbit to date

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9. Dr. Dre’s The Chronic returns to streaming services via Interscope Records

   Original distributor Interscope worked The Chronic in 1992 via its relationship with Death Row Records

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10. Beatport snaps up majority stake in electronic dance music event, IMS Ibiza

    Deal follows a string of acquisitions by Beatport in recent months

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