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Music Deals — Week 16 2021

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US-based TV group Univision has acquired the content and media assets of Mexico's Grupo Televisa in a transaction valued at $4.8 billion, with Univision paying Televisa $3bn in cash and $1.45bn in equity. Televisa will retain an equity stake of approximately 45% in the combined Televisa-Univision operations. Univision CEO Wade Davis will be in charge of the day-to-day operations of the new company, with Grupo Televisa's co-CEO Alfonsode Angoitia serving as Executive Chairman of the board of dire...

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Emmanuel is a Washington, DC-based freelance journalist, blogger and media consultant, specialising in the entertainment business and cultural trends. He was the US editor for British music industry trade publication Music Week. Previously, he was the editor of Impact, a magazine for the music publishing community (2007-2009), the global editor of US trade publication Billboard (2003-2006), and the editor in chief of Billboard’s sister publication Music & Media (1997-2003).

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Alliance for Responsible Innovation in the Arts & Media (ARIAM) launches to ensure that AI supports human creativity

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Organisations from the creative sectors have joined forces to launch the Alliance for Responsible Innovation in the Arts & Media (ARIAM), a Los Angeles-based global coalition calling for responsible AI in the creative industries. Founding members include the BBC, ITV, The Walt Disney Company, Condé Nast, Cambridge University Press & Assessment, The New York Times, the Financial Times, Reach and Wiley and Adobe. "ARIAM is a results-focused, solution-orientated, cross-content sector, glo...

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US Department of Justice approves the proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance

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The proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance has received the green light from the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice, following an investigation into the deal. The Division has determined, based on the evidence received in its investigation, that the transaction "is not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers, including with respect to: (1) streaming video on demand (“SVOD”); (2) linear television; and (3) studio development, pro...

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Ashley Fulton signs global publishing agreement with Position Music

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Independent music company Position Music has signed songwriter and producer Ashley Fulton to a worldwide publishing deal. Fulton is known as the LA-based artist and multi-instrumentalist y3kfae. Fulto is trained in jazz, classical, composition, and music theory, graduating first in her class from USC Thornton’s undergraduate programme in music production. “It’s not every day you get to join a new family, and it’s so clear from getting to know Jake and Shannon that I’m in innovative, supportive...

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