And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan - And The Update Is...April 11, 2022

Episode Date: April 11, 2022

Your weekly update with industry news and happenings from ATWI. Update for the week of April 11, 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to And the Update is, I am your host, Paige MacDonald, and this is your weekly music industry update. Ed Sheeran has beaten a lawsuit in the UK over the alleged infringement of a single shape of you. Electric Field Entertainment has partnered with its management client, Grammy-nominated producer and songwriter Louis Bell, on a joint publishing venture, Electric Bell. Once again, nearly 98% of 18 to 49-year-olds in the U.S. did not watch the Grammys on Sunday. BMG has entered into a global publishing agreement with the George Harrison estate to administer the Harrisongs catalog. Harry Styles has scored the fastest selling single of 2022 so far with as it was.

Ingroves just won a patent for new music marketing tech that it says drives streams at a rate nearly double that of traditional methods. 10K projects has promoted Sam Cohen to SVP of business development. WMEE has announced seven partner promotions and 17 agent promotions in its music division. Centric Music Group has signed British rock band Boston Manor to a publishing deal that includes their back catalog and a number of future works. Downtown Music Services has signed a publishing agreement with composer Daniel Lopitin. Quality Goods Records has signed a distribution deal with Virgin Music label and artist services. manager Logan Carnes has launched Camp, which is a new artist management company based in Toronto.

Warner Music Group is relocating its Canadian business operations to The Well, which is a newly built space in downtown Toronto. A big thank you to Haley Evans of Mega House for gathering today's news. Now tune in next week for a new episode of Anne The Writer is, and in the meantime, check out the latest episode with Gail.