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  • How to distribute your own music
  • Virgin’s FUGA Renews Global Distribution Partnership With Insomniac Music Group
  • DistroKid Sells Majority Stake to CVC Capital Partners — ‘Existing Leadership Team’ Expected to Remain in Place

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routenote.com /1 month ago

How to distribute your own music

Getting your music on services such as Spotify and Apple Music is free and easier than you realise when you use RouteNote for distribution. The post How to distribute your own musi...

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 month ago

Virgin’s FUGA Renews Global Distribution Partnership With Insomniac Music Group

B2B distributor FUGA, now part of the UMG-owned Virgin Music Group,  announces the renewal and expansion of its partnership and continuing marketing support with Insomniac Music Gr...

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 week ago

DistroKid Sells Majority Stake to CVC Capital Partners — ‘Existing Leadership Team’ Expected to Remain in Place

DistroKid has a new majority owner: CVC Capital Partners, which has inked “a definitive agreement” to take a controlling stake in the distributor. CVC announced the investment (and...

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /1 month ago

Vietnam’s DAO Music Entertainment strikes strategic partnership with The Orchard

Deal gives DAO Music Entertainment access to The Orchard's global distribution network Source

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routenote.com /1 month ago

iMusician vs. RouteNote – music distributors compared in 2026

With another update to their pricing tiers, we take another look at how music distributor iMusician stacks up against RouteNote in 2026. The post iMusician vs. RouteNote – music di...

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kingdomboiz.com /1 month ago

The Expansion of Digital Platforms for Distributing Gospel Music

Gospel music is reaching a broader audience than ever before due to the rapid growth of digital platforms. Listeners now discover new songs online and interact directly with artist...

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weraveyou.com /1 week ago

CVC Capital Partners to Acquire Majority Stake in DistroKid

CVC Capital Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in DistroKid, one of the world’s largest independent music distribution services. The investment will be made through CV...

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 month ago

How Music Reports Solved the Complex World of Claims-Based Royalties for DSPs & Global Rights Owners

As digital streaming platforms (DSPs) continue to expand worldwide, rendering national borders irrelevant, the burden of managing publishing licenses has grown exponentially. One n...

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 month ago

M&G-Backed Seeker Music Taps UMG’s Virgin to Amplify Its $400M Catalog

Seeker Music Group, backed by M&G, has announced a global distribution partnership with Virgin Music Group, building on years of collaboration to expand its $400 million catalo...

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /1 month ago

Seeker Music inks global distribution deal with UMG’s Virgin Music Group

Virgin Music Group will serve as Seeker's global distribution partner for its catalog of recordings and new project releases. Source

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digitalmusicnews.com /4 weeks ago

Paying for Precision—The New Economics of Music Usage Data for Royalty Distribution

For decades, the music industry has accepted a compromise in how royalties from public performance are distributed. When music is played in cafes, restaurants, retail stores, gyms,...

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 month ago

Distribution Startup Madverse Scores Willard Ahdritz-Led Seed Round, Says Its Userbase Has Grown ‘25% in the Last Month...

Amid rapid music sector growth in India – and on its own platform, which has seen its userbase expand by “25% in the last month alone” – Madverse Music Group has scored an Ahdritz...

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digitalmusicnews.com /2 weeks ago

NMPA Releases Latest Per-Stream US Publisher Payouts from Spotify, YouTube, Apple, and Amazon

NMPA president and CEO David Israelite unveils the latest per-stream songwriter and publisher payout across Spotify, YouTube, Apple, and Amazon. In a post on LinkedIn, National Mus...

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musicconnection.com /2 weeks ago

Chili Pepper Sale, SourceAudio Music Monitoring

Chili Pepper Sale WMG acquires catalog masters of the Red Hot Chili Peppers for rumored over $300 million (a joint venture with Bain Capital). Catalog includes 13 studio albums, ge...

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /2 weeks ago

Warner’s ADA Central Europe strikes exclusive distribution deal with Berlin label AIM Music

ADA Central Europe will handle global distribution, streaming strategy, and marketing across AIM Music's full roster. Source

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 month ago

Are the Right Songs Getting Tracked? MVT and Audoo Challenge PRS Proxies With Real-Time Tracking In Over 120 UK Venues

Music Venue Trust and Audoo announce a partnership aimed at uncovering how music played in grassroots venues is represented in royalty distribution. On Tuesday, the Music Venue Tru...

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /1 week ago

CVC Capital Partners to acquire majority stake in DistroKid

The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Terms were not disclosed. Source

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digitalmusicnews.com /3 weeks ago

Amoeba, Warner Music, and Record Stores Nationwide Launch Vinyl Record Recycling Experiment

After a successful study on the sound quality of recycled vinyl, WMG launches a vinyl record take-back pilot across record stores nationwide. Warner Music Group and a collection of...

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digitalmusicnews.com /4 weeks ago

Spotify Expands Full-Length Video Support — Now Artists Can Add Music Videos, Covers, and Live Performances Directly to...

As it battles YouTube for video supremacy – and grapples with an intensifying AI audio avalanche – Spotify is now enabling artists to directly upload full-length music videos, live...

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /1 month ago

FUGA renews global distribution partnership with Insomniac Music Group

Downtown Music-owned FUGA first struck its partnership with Insomniac Music Group in November 2022. Source

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digitalmusicnews.com /1 week ago

Warner Music’s ADA Ups Howard Corner, Integrates Revelator’s Tech, and Absorbs Africori and Qanawat Amid ‘Major Strategi...

Warner Music Group (WMG) has unveiled “a major strategic expansion” at ADA, complete with a new leadership structure and the integration of Revelator’s tech. Meanwhile, Africori an...

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thesource.com /2 days ago

LiveDura Wants To Give Music A Home Again In The Subscription Era

The music industry has never lacked platforms. What it has lost is a home. For generations, record stores served as more than places to purchase albums. They were cultural meeting…...

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /5 days ago

From Primary Wave’s Kobalt acquisition to CVC’s DistroKid deal… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source

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musicbusinessworldwide.com /1 month ago

Universal sells Curve Royalty Systems to Merlin and Matt Spetzler’s Jamen Capital

Universal Music Group and its subsidiary Virgin Music Group have agreed to sell Curve Royalty Systems to Jamen Capital and Merlin. The sale is the divestment that the European Comm...

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