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SCAPR, the organisation that represents performers’ neighbouring rights societies, has renewed its Board of Directors, following the organisation’s 51st General Assembly in Kraków. The new Board, which will serve for the 2026–2027 term, has reappointed Jose Luis Sevillano (AIE) as Chairperson, with Claudia Cadima (GDA) as Vice-Chairperson and Markus Bos (SENA) as Treasurer.vIn accordance with SCAPR’s Statutes, these positions are appointed annually by the Board during its first meetin...

These are some of the music deals announced in the past few weeks:

Royalty accounting platform Curve Royalty Systems, which is part of the Downtown Music assets acquired by Universal Music Group earlier this year, will be sold to private investment firm Jamen Capital and digital licensing company Merlin. The sale, the terms of which were not disclosed, was a condition to the European Commission’s clearance of UMG’s acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings through Virgin Music Group in February...