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Warner exec departs for Soundcloud, looks to continue driving music’s digital transition

Posted on July 31, 2014 by RAIN News Staff

After 17 years at Warner Music Group, Stephen Bryan has been appointed the new senior vice president of business development and strategy for SoundCloud. “I’ve always felt a deep passion to navigate this incredible transition to digital platforms,” he said. “I think that change will accelerate in the near future, and a company like SoundCloud enables me to continue that.” He enters a company undergoing growth, and growing pains. Continue Reading →

World’s biggest labels buy into Shazam with new investments

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Brad Hill

The world’s three biggest music labels — Warner Music Group (WMG), Universal Music Group (UMG), and Sony Music Entertainment — each invested $3-million in Shazam, a leading song-recognition app. The company has raised at least $92-million in the last three years. Continue Reading →

Shazam starts a music label with Warner Music

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Brad Hill

In a first-of-its-kind deal, song-recognition company Shazam has partnered with Warner Music Group (WMG) to create a new Shazam-branded music label, and to augment WMG marketing of existing artists with Shazam’s consumer-use data. Continue Reading →

Clear Channel cuts revenue deal with Black River Records

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Brad Hill

Adding to its portfolio of custom royalty-payment deals with record labels, Clear Channel reached an agreement with Black River Records, a country label whose roster includes Kelly Pickler, Craig Morgan, and Glen Templeton. Details were not announced, but this deal… Continue Reading →

In biggest deal of its type yet, WMG gets paid for all CC use of music, presumably for online royalty discount

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Paul Maloney

Radio broadcasters aren’t legally obligated to pay for the on-air use of copyright sound recordings. The owners of those copyrights, by and large record labels, have long pressed to change that. Broadcasters and pureplay webcasters alike, however, are legally obligated… Continue Reading →