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Reservoir's Rell Lafargue

NASDAQ-listed independent music company Reservoir Media has joined the board of ICMP, the global trade body representing the music publishing industry. Reservoir Media’s President and Chief Operating Officer Rell Lafargue will join the ICMP board, chaired by Universal Music Publishing‘s Jackie Alway. Reservoir was founded in 2007 and represents over 140,000 copyrights and 36,000 master recordings. “ICMP is delighted to welcome Reservoir President and COO R...

Here is a list of the main music deals this week:

Universal Music Group (UMG) has acquired a 49% stake in Brussels-based independent music company [PIAS]. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The announcement follows the formation of the strategic global alliance between the two companies in June 2021. In a statement, the companies said that under the new agreement [PIAS] will remain “fully independent” and its founders Kenny Gates and Michel Lambot&...

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“The fact that companies have to deliver their apps exclusively from platforms controlled by competitors — there is a conflict of interest there.”By Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, expla...