Daily Edit | Apr 10

Cardinals 
If I Could Make You Care (S)
Self 

Stories

As part of their ‘World’s Greatest Managers’ series, MBW sits down with Dirty Hit founder Jamie Oborne. “Don’t sign things you don’t fully believe in. Otherwise you’ll have to fake it.”

Chartmetric has officially launched Onesheet, a platform that allows artists to create digital one-sheets in seconds, out of beta. The tool enables artists to “pull in data from Spotify and the web to build stunning one sheets in seconds that stay up-to-date.” 

Boutique podcast production company Neon Hum has been acquired by Sony Music Entertainment. Since launching in 2018, Neon Hum’s client list includes Crunchyroll, Discovery, HBO Max, NBC News, The Wall Street Journal + more. 

A new report from former Spotify chief economist Will Page claims that Canadian artists rank third in terms of the world’s top 1k singles. Page goes on to caution that the recent passage of Canada’s Online Streaming Act, which seeks to expand Canadian content regulations on broadcasting and streaming, would impose rules that would be “unworkable in the open, globalized world of the internet” and likely backfire given how discoverability algorithms work. 

Leading the 2024 Academy of Country Music nominations list is Luke Combs (8), Megan Moroney (6), and Moran Wallen (6). 

Through some clever tactics from fans and artist teams, videos featuring songs from UMPG writers are racking up views on TikTok despite the label group’s ban. Whether it’s a fan uploading the track as an original sound or a team submitting incomplete splits, UMPG songwriters are left out in the cold and royalty-less. “Sometimes there’s a song coming out and there’s four writers, and one of them is UMPG, and someone steps forward and says, ‘Hey, can you not get in the way of this one? Can we register this in like three months? Then the song can be used on TikTok. It’s an interesting dark corner of the business that’s emerged.” -Lucas Keller, Milk & Honey

Hires & Promotions

Andy Bodkin | President, International | SESAC

Signings

Colorblind | Touring | Sound Talent Group

Kita Alexander | Publishing | Kobalt

Payton Smith | Management | The Familie