Author: Zachary Gulino
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Billboard: 2025 R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players
Deborah Mannis-Gardner was honored as part of Billboard’s 2025 R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players in the Multisector category. Samples remain an instrumental element of popular music, and DMG Clearances has ridden them to major showings at the 2025 Grammys. “We worked on four out of five of the best rap album nominees,…
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Forbes: As AI Reshapes Music, Artists Embrace Marketing Automation
Symphonic Co-Founder and CEO Jorge Brea was quoted in Forbes talking about SongTools and its benefits for Symphonic. Jorge Brea, CEO of Symphonic Distribution, says, “SongTools has been great for Symphonic. I believe it is the next evolution of a ‘PreSave’ one-click marketing platform that every artist should be using.…
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A&R Worldwide: Dan Simpson Elected Chair Of DDEX Board
A&R Worldwide’s Newsletter Vol. 896 discussed Dan Simpson’s appointment as Chair of the DDEX Board. Dan Simpson, Meta‘s Head of Music Operations, has been appointed as the new chair of the board at DDEX, the international body that develops standards for data exchange across the music industry. Simpson has been…
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Billboard Executive Turntable: a Meta Music Leader Will Flex at DDEX
Billboard’s Executive Turntable this week featured Dan Simpson’s appointment as Chair of the Board at DDEX. Dan Simpson, head of music operations at Meta, has been elected chair of the DDEX board, succeeding Kim Beauchamp of Universal Music Group. A longtime contributor to DDEX, Simpson has played key roles in…
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Jaybird Weekly Headline Roundup | August 22, 2025
Welcome to our Weekly Headline Roundup! This week, we’re looking at ticketing lawsuits, Suno, evolution of streaming, ASCAP and BMI settlements, and more. Don’t Forget To Vote For Our Client SXSW Panels! Our clients Angry Mob Music, LyricFind, SourceAudio, and Symphonic Distribution have put together incredibly insightful and timely panels…
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Record of the Day: Meta’s Dan Simpson Named Chair of the Board Of DDEX
Record of the Day covered DDEX’s announcement that Dan Simpson has been elected the Chair of the Board. DDEX announced today that Dan Simpson, Head of Music Operations at Meta, has been elected Chair of its Board. Dan Simpson has been a part of DDEX for many years, and an…
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Music Week: Dan Simpson Elected Chair of DDEX Board
Music Week covered the DDEX news that Dan Simpson from Meta has been elected the Chair of the Board. Dan Simpson, head of music operations at Meta, has been elected chair of the board of DDEX.The international standards-setting organisation is dedicated to improving the exchange of data and information across…
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Creative Industries News: Meta’s Dan Simpson elected Chair of the Board of data standards organisation DDEX
Creative Industries News covered DDEX’s announcement that Dan Simpson has been elected Chair of the Board. DDEX has elected Dan Simpson, Head of Music Operations at Meta, as Chair of its Board. Simpson will succeed Kim Beauchamp, Executive Vice President Strategic Business Transformation & Operations at Universal Music Group, who…
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Meta’s Dan Simpson Named Chair of the Board Of DDEX
New York, NY (20 August 2025) – DDEX, the international standards-setting organization dedicated to improving the exchange of data and information across the music industry, announced today that Dan Simpson, Head of Music Operations at Meta, has been elected Chair of its Board. Dan Simpson has been a part of…
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SourceAudio Named to 2025 Inc. 5000 List, Places in Top 50 of Media, Arts & Entertainment Category
August 12, 2025 (Los Angeles) – SourceAudio, the music industry’s most widely adopted sync platform and a leader in AI music dataset licensing, has been named one of the Top 50 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. in Media, Arts & Entertainment. The company reached #42 in the category on…