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Merlin partners with Lickd to provide pre-cleared music to YouTube creators

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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 ...

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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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Deepak Mohite promoted to Chief Technology Officer at ASCAP

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US rights organisation American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has promoted Deepak Mohite to Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

In his new position, he reports jointly to ASCAP Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Matthews and to ASCAP EVP and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Brian Roberts. Based in New York, Mohite was SVP of Software Engineering and Architecture since 2019. The company said he has been "a transformative leader in ASCAP’s Global Technology Solutions (GTS) team....

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DACS distributed £17.2 million in royalties to 79,000 visual artists and estates in 2021

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The UK’s Design & Artist Copyright Society (DACS) has distributed £17.2 million in royalties to 79,000 artists and estates in 2021, according to the visual arts collective management organisation's latest Annual Review.

The bulk of DACS's distributions — over £9.9m in 2021 distributed to to artists and estates — come from the proceeds of the resale royalty. Overall, DACS has distributed over £100m in Artist’s Resale Right royalties to artists and artist’s estates, since the right passed ...

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SoundExchange has distributed $230.4m in digital royalties to creators in Q2 2022

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US music rights society SoundExchange has distributed $230.4 million in neighbouring rights royalties to creators in the second quarter of 2022, bringing to $464.9m the amount of royalties distributed to its performers and owners of sound recordings membership during the first half of the year.

SoundExchange administer the Section 114 sound recording license which applies to the use of sound recordings by non-interactive digital services such as SiriusXM, iHeart Radio and pAndora, among oth...

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