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Round Hill Music has acquired the back catalog of veteran Canadian songwriter Jim Vallance. Round Hill Music, which raised almost $300 million in November of 2020 to purchase additional music IP, unveiled th... Read More...

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SOCAN's Toronto HQ   Content-identification company Audible Magic has acquired B2B digital-music platform MediaNet from the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). SOCAN... Read More...

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Indie label Mexican Summer officially announcing its decision to drop Ariel Pink. Ariel Pink has officially been dropped by his label, Mexican Summer, for attending a pro-Trump rally in Washington, D.C. on January 6th. Ariel Pink didn't storm the U.S. Capit... Read More...

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The message displayed on the main page of Hipgnosis' website, for those accessing from the U.S. UK-based song-investment fund Hipgnosis has been blocked from soliciting investors in the United States, Canada,... Read More...

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Gibson has unveiled a joint venture with Gene Simmons to develop electric guitars and basses – as well as “new entertainment content” – under the G² banner. The Nashville-headquartered guitar manufacturer an... Read More...
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Photo Credit: TikTok The entire David Bowie catalog is now available on TikTok, thanks to a three-way partnership. An official David Bowie account is also now available on TikTok. The account launches in partnership with Warner Music Group, Sony Music Enter... Read More...
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Bank of America has dramatically increased its Spotify stock target price; the Stockholm-based streaming service is slated to release its Q4 2020 earnings report in about one month. Bank of America analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich recently set a $428-per-share ... Read More...
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