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Warner Music Group has teamed up with The Sandbox, a decentralized gaming virtual world and a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, to introduce a new gaming experience centered around legendary rapper Notorious B.I.G.  The immersive game, called Breakin’ B.I.G., pays homage to side-scrolling games from the 1990s and places players in a neighborhood dominated by Biggie, according to a

Founded in 2021, HarbourView Equity Partners has acquired over 45 music catalogs to date and owns a catalog of over 26,000 songs, encompassing both master recordings and publishing income streams. Now, the company, led by former Tempo Music CEO Sherrese Clarke Soares, has amended its senior secured credit facility, led by Fifth Third Bank, to buy more

Paul Hitchman has been promoted to the role of COO at Sony Music Group-owned AWAL. Hitchman, previously President of AWAL, will continue to report to Lonny Olinick, the company’s CEO. The exec is based in AWAL’s London office and oversees the UK team and international offices, along with AWAL’s global operations. Hitchman works closely with Lonny Olinick and

This week saw a seismic shake-up in the US music rights business, with the announcement that performance rights organization BMI has been sold to private equity firm New Mountain Capital. The price tag hasn’t been disclosed, but BMI did say it would kick $100 million of the sale’s proceeds to its songwriter and publisher “affiliates”. Another key part of the announcement is that CapitalG – aka Google/Alphabet’s “independent

We’re less than six weeks from the end of 2023, and the debate around AI music only seems to be intensifying. One of the biggest points of contention about the technology is the potential for generative AI, often trained on large unlicensed datasets, to infringe music copyright. Universal Music Group has been one of the most