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...three months, including agreements with Universal Music Group, the world’s largest label, and Sony/ATV, the sector’s biggest publisher....
...Spotify, the music streaming service, plans to list existing private shares directly on NYSE as soon as the fourth quarter rather than doing a formal IPO....
...Now, Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company and home to acts ranging from Sam Smith to Katy Perry, is using licence negotiations with Spotify to push for changes to the company’s free service...
...Talent, which is Stockholm’s key commodity due to its world-class education system and history of high-tech engineering, is also problematically mobile....
...“Our competitors get into these brand wars like Coke v Pepsi,” says Zimmer at UTA....
...Apple has not even bothered to link its iTunes music service to the cellular network: iPhone owners must download songs at home....
...For Verizon, the deal represents a fresh attempt to drive users to its V Cast data service....
...Greenberg represented C.V. Starr & Co. Role reversal After years of serving as a top consultant to the world’s largest media groups, Michael Wolf is joining one....
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