Ed Sheeran – The Talking Fern

Hacker who stole Ed Sheeran’s unreleased music to sell for crypto gets 18-month jail term in the UK

Hacker illegally accessed cloud-based accounts of 89 artists, including Ed Sheeran and Lil Uzi Vert
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Why Ed Sheeran’s copyright victory matters – by the lawyers that represented him.

The following op/ed comes from Simon Goodbody and Mark Krais, Partner co-founding partner at Bray & Krais Solicitors
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Ed Sheeran wins copyright lawsuit in the UK

‘Coincidence is bound to happen if 60,000 songs are being released everyday on Spotify,’ says Sheeran
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Jess Kinn joins One Fiinix live agency set up by Ed Sheeran agent Jon Ollier

Kinn joins from LIVENow and was also previously an agent at Paradigm Agency
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‘You have to be understanding of the multiple pressures artists are under.’

Ed Howard’s roster of artists at Asylum have changed the face of global pop. But what’s his philosophy on A&R – and how has it led to such an extraordinary hit rate?
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Hipgnosis confirms Johnny McDaid, Jack Antonoff and other catalog acquisitions

Shape Of You, Photograph and other Ed Sheeran hits join the Hipgnosis portfolio
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How is Taylor Swift’s new album Lover performing on Spotify?

Swift’s new record trumps Ed Sheeran’s latest LP (just) – but not Ariana Grande’s
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Warner Music streaming revenues surge above $500m in last quarter, but publishing slides 4.5%

Within WMG’s recorded music figures, streaming generated $540m, up by $92m (+20.5%) on the equivalent figure from the prior year quarter.
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Ed Sheeran Breaks Another Spotify Record: 69M Unique Monthly Listeners

Ed Sheeran has notched yet another streaming record, surpassing a staggering 69 million monthly Spotify listeners, and is on course to hit 70 million. Sheeran has seen a spike in Spotify ‘Sheerios’ – as his fans are known – with the July 12th release of his album ‘No. 6 Collaborations…

Close to a third of Spotify’s 217m users are playing Ed Sheeran following release of his new album

Over 69 million people have played the star’s music in the past 28 days
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