French neighbouring rights society SCPP has reported total collections of €76.3 million in 2021, down by 3.6% compared to 2020 (€79.1m) and down 13.7% compared to 2019 (€88.4m), before the pandemic. SCPP represents the owners of sound recordings, including the three majors companies — Sony Music Entertainment France, Universal Music France and Warner Music France — and some 4,000 independent labels.

SCPP Managing Director Marc Guez said collections would have grown by 2.2% if there had not b...

Merlin, the independent’s digital music licensing agency, has sealed a multi-year deal with Lickd, the platform helping YouTube content creators to legally use the music they include in their postings.

According to Merlin, the partnership will "inject music from tens of thousands of labels and hundreds of thousands of artists across the globe into the flow of usable content, granting Merlin members access to the creator boom, opening up robust revenue streams, and offering prime marketplace ...

British music neighbouring rights society PPL has promoted Chloe Rowlatt to Head of International. In her new role, she will be responsible for managing PPL’s International team.

Rowlatt is aslo tasked with "ensuring strong operational relationships are maintained with the company’s unrivalled network of 105 collective management organisations (CMOs) across Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America."

Based in London, she reports to Laurence Oxenbury, Director of Interna...