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MBW's Inspiring Women series meets former September Management COO-turned-author Delphine Seddon Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/to-create-from-a-genuine-place-you-have-to-be-open-vulnerable-and-sensitive-and-when-you-put-music-out-you-need-to-be-the-opposite-its-almost-impossible/

Deal collateralized by royalties from a catalog of more than 3,750 works Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/chord-music-linked-abs-vehicle-plans-500m-deal-backed-by-830m-catalog-led-by-suicideboys-morgan-wallen-and-ryan-tedder-rights/

The company raised a $500 million Series E in March at a $10.1 billion valuation Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/fashion-brand-quince-recently-valued-at-10b-sued-by-umg-over-unlicensed-use-of-music-from-sabrina-carpenter-justin-bieber-billie-eilish-and-more-in-tiktok-posts/

PopArabia, Reservoir Media’s Abu Dhabi-headquartered partner focused on the Middle East and North Africa, has acquired MENA label and digital distribution company Viral Wave. The announcement on Monday (April 20) noted that the acquisition marks “an important milestone in PopArabia’s continued growth”, by adding distribution services to scale the company’s existing publishing and label services … Continued Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/reservoir-backed-poparabia-acquires-mena-label-and-distributor-viral-wave/

The volume of fully AI-generated music being uploaded to Deezer has surged again Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/75000-ai-generated-tracks-now-flood-deezer-daily-representing-44-of-all-new-music-uploaded-to-the-platform-says-streamer/

The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source source https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/from-live-nations-antitrust-trial-loss-to-max-lousada-and-julie-greenwalds-26-2-launch-its-mbws-weekly-round-up/