Downtown expands into Africa; buys indie music publisher Sheer

‘Africa is a high potential market for digital music services due to its large population, high proportion of youth and the people’s passion for music of all genres.’
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Downtown buys Christian Tattersfield’s Good Soldier Songs

Deal includes more than 350 works, including The 1975’s publishing catalog
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Leading a business in the midst of a crisis: ‘It almost always gets worse before it gets better.’

Tracy Maddux, the boss of CD Baby parent AVL, speaks from his unique experience on the subject
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Downtown ups Andrew Sparkler to EVP, Global Business Development amidst raft of promotions and new hires

Bruce Lampcov also promoted, to SVP of Global Business Development
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‘Downtown is an ideal combination of technology and creativity, with an international mindset built in its DNA.’

Downtown Music Publishing’s Laura Bedikian and Charles Braud give MBW an insight into France’s publishing sector and the company’s position in the market…
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Kate Sweetsur joins Downtown Music Publishing as Head of Creative, UK

Exec was previously Senior Vice President of A&R/Creative at Big Deal Music
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