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UMG hires long-time Warner chief communications officer James Steven as EVP

Steven will be responsible for leading UMG’s internal and external communications, and oversee the communications functions ...
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Peermusic promotes Paul Smelt to chief operating officer

Peermusic has promoted Paul Smelt to chief operating officer. In this newly created role, Smelt will oversee the ...
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Orfium and APM CEOs: How assistive AI is powering the next era of production music

AI search has become the bridge between human emotion and discovery. Here, Adam Taylor (CEO, APM) and Rob Wells (CEO, Orfium) ...
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Hitmaker Nathan Duvall on his mission to drive electronic music licensing with new start-up SyncIt

Duvall’s latest project is SyncIt, an AI-powered platform that simplifies music discovery and licensing for electronic music.
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100 club: How artists and labels are bringing back six-figure week one albums sales

While Swift stands apart, she represents a continuing trend for six-figure opening sales in the 2020s. Sam Fender’s Mercury ...
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Olivia Dean looks to continue January chart impact

Having topped the tree in January’s first chart week, the Capitol-signed singer and former Music Week cover star could make it two frames at the top, with her second album The Art Of Loving. With ...