And The Writer Is...with Ross Golan - And The Update Is...February 7th, 2022

Episode Date: February 7, 2022

Your weekly update with industry news and happenings from ATWI. Update for the week of February 7th, 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to And The Update is I'm your host, Paige MacDonald, and this is your weekly music industry update. 19-year-old Sadie Jean has signed with CAA for bookings. The UK-born Artist Management Company, various artist management, has increased its presence in the U.S. with a new office in Los Angeles. Mike Alexander has been appointed to General Manager of the Universal Music Group label, Island Records. Anita has signed with UTA for bookings. Warner Chapel Music has signed a worldwide excluding Belgium sub-publishing administration deal with the estate of iconic Belgian singer-songwriter, actor and director Jacques Brel. Sony Music Publishing has launched a program called Songwriter Assistant, which will provide its global roster of songwriters and composers with access to free confidential counseling services as well as wellness resources. Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and others have pulled their albums from Spotify this week

in protest of the Spotify controversy surrounding COVID misinformation on the platform. Downtown Music Holdings-owned B-2B distributor FUGA has inked a deal with independent music company mascot label group. The Amazon-owned live-streaming platform Twitch has struck a new agreement with independent label agency, Merlin. Downtown Music Holdings has expanded a new. its legal and business affairs team with two senior executive appointments. Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment have launched a new joint venture

called Sony Entertainment Talent Ventures India, also known as SETVI, which is a new entertainment company focusing on creating ventures for media talent in India. According to Spotify's new financial results published, their global premium subscriber base grew to 180 million in quarter four of 2021. Primary Wave music has acquired what it says is an additional stake in Deaf Leopards music publishing catalog, as well as the band's master royalty income stream. Warner Music Group is ramping up its activity in the NFT world. Cobalt music founder Willard Audrits has been named as an investor in a new $200 million fund established to back technology startups based in Africa. Ingrid Petrie has joined AEG Global Partnerships.

its Vice President AEG Global Portfolio Sales. Independent Music Company Acceleration Music has acquired the catalog of U.S. Independent Label, Kill Rock Stars, and has also formed a new partnership with founder Slim Moon to amplify the label's new release program. Brett Williams has joined AEG Presents as its Senior Vice President of Global Touring and Talent. Reservoir has inked a global publishing deal with writer and producer Warren Oak Felder. Cobalt has promoted Emily Binds to Vice President of Creative. Josh Remsberg has joined Warner Records as its Senior Vice President of Commercial Revenue.

Bruno Mars and Anderson Pox Silk Sonic has officially joined Epic Games hit video game Fortnite in partnership with Fortnite and Atlantic Records. Steve Auburman has been promoted to executive vice president and head of music at Sea Tickets North America. Last summer, Sony Music Group shocked the music industry by announcing that they were disregarding unrecouped balances for thousands of heritage artists and songwriters who had been signed to the company in previous decades. On February 1st, one of Sony's biggest rivals Warner Music Group announced that they were doing the same. A big thank you to Haley Evans of Megahouse for gathering today's news. Now tune into the

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