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Spotify and YouTube grant £1million to Bjorn Ulvaeus’ Session to develop better metadata for music creators

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Spotify and YouTube have provided a grant of £1million (€1.19m) to Session, the company co-founded by ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus with Swedish songwriters and producers Max Martin and Niclas Mollinder in 2019 to help creators ensure that they have the right metadata, from the point of creation.

The grant comes in support of in support of Session’s mission "to make sure creators are always fairly credited and rewarded for their work, increasing accuracy for royalty distribution."

“Creators shoul...

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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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ESMAA partners with Audoo to deploy the Audio Meters technology in MENA region

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November 29, 2023

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Gulf-based music rights organisation ESMAA is partnering with music tech company Audoo to rollout Audoo's music recognition technology, the Audio Meters, in the Middle East to accurately capture public performances. ESMAA said the partnership will "enhance management and distribution of music royalties in the region."

Abu Dhabi–based ESMAA will integrate Audoo’s Audio Meters and its insights platform into its operational framework. Audoo's technology is already deployed in the UK, Europe, Au...

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ISO joins DDEX as Liaison member

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November 28, 2023

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ISO, the International Organisation for Standardisation, has joined international data standards' organisation DDEX as Liaison member. ISO is a Geneva, Switzerland-based independent, non-governmental international organisation with a membership of 169 national standards bodies.

Through its members, ISO brings together experts "to share knowledge and develop voluntary, consensus-based, market relevant International Standards that support innovation and provide solutions to global challenges....

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Backbeat Solutions launches a royalty management system for production music

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November 27, 2023

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London-based music royalty software provider Backbeat Solutions has launched a new royalty management system dedicate to production music that is expected to streamline global copyright registration.

The Global Rights And Royalty Exchange (G-RREX) will see metadata uploaded to the Backbeat database automatically pushed to sub-publishers around the world and then further to local performance rights societies in each territory.

“G-RREX is a pioneering system that will enable production mu...

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