Creative Industries
Main Stories — Week 14, 2022
This is a recap of the main stories published in the previous week by Creative Industries News:
Lead stories
> Labels ask the CRB for ‘clarification’ after judges rejected their proposed settlement with NMPA/NSAI freezing mechanical rates
> US Reps. seek clarity on Spotify’s ‘deceptive’ Discovery Mode scheme
> US Senate confirms Kathi Vidal as Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office
> US creative sector shows support for Senators Patrick Leahy and Thom Tillis’ SMART Copyright Act of 2022
> UK High Court dismissed copyright infringement case against Ed Sheeran
> Lawyers analyse the ruling that gave Ed Sheeran a win in the ‘Shape Of You’ case
> Jacques Levy estate’s claim against Bob Dylan dismissed by New York appeals court
> SOCAN 2021 revenue up 6.1% over 2020 to CA$416m
> Rotana Music inks licensing deal with Anghami covering the MENA region
> Feed Media Group and MusicTechWorks collaborate on data matching process
> Ingrooves Music Group granted patent for its Smart Audience advertising tool
> Warner Bros. Discovery starts trading as a new entertainment and media group
> George Harrison’s Estate picks BMG to administer the Harrisongs catalogue
> Epic Games closes $2 billion funding round with investment from Sony Corp. and The LEGO Group
Brief news
– WIPO’s 42nd session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights to focus on broadcasting rights
– UK Music and LIVE joined the UK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement Domestic Advisory Group (DAG)
– Melanie Santa Rosa and Nate Smith have been appointed to two of The MLC’s advisory committees
– Downtown-owned global distribution company FUGA has opened an office in Berlin
Deals
– Warner Music India inks strategic partnership with Jjust Music
– Daniel Lopatin, a.k.a. Oneohtrix Point Never, has signed a global music publishing administration agreement with Downtown Music Services
– Warner Chappell Music has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with producer TooDope!
– Rob Wheeler has signed an exclusive worldwide songwriting agreement with Bucks Music Group
– Utopia-owned Sentric Music Group has signed British rock band Boston Manor to a global publishing deal
In the News
– Narda Jones named Federal Communications Commission Chief of Staff to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel
– Jen (Stearns) Savitzky has been appointed Vice President of Finance, North America at Warner Chappell Music
– Made in Memphis Entertainment restructures music publishing team
– Soundstripe has appointed music and tech industry veteran Vanessa Beeswanger as VP of Marketing
– Deezer has appointed Gitte Bendzulla as new the global audio streaming service’s new Chief Operating Officer
– Sam Cohen has been promoted to the position of Senior Vice President of Business Development at 10K Project
– Round Hill Records has appointed Sonya McKinley to the position of Director, Production & Metadata
– Christine Osazuwa has been appointed as the new UK director for Shesaid.so
– Utopia has appointed Bastien Vidal to the position of acting Chief Finance Officer and VP of Operational Finance
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Creative Industries
Wise Music Group’s Campbell Connelly & Co signs GoGo Penguin to a publishing deal
Armada Music acquires the rights to Sonique’s entire recording catalogue
Merlin signs global licensing agreement with karaoke platform Singa
Jeff Smarr promoted to SVP, Global Copyright at Sony Music Publishing
The MLC plans webinars to show members how to use tools to manage song data
Six takeaways from The MLC’s first annual report for 2021: distributions, membership, matching rates, processed works, historical unmatched works and expenditures
Cécile Rap-Veber (SACEM): ‘We are a solutions provider to create value, a tech company, and we are less and less seen as some sort of cultural institution’
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Collective Management Organisations3 years agoThe MLC plans webinars to show members how to use tools to manage song data
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Collective Management Organisations3 years agoSix takeaways from The MLC’s first annual report for 2021: distributions, membership, matching rates, processed works, historical unmatched works and expenditures
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Collective Management Organisations4 years agoCécile Rap-Veber (SACEM): ‘We are a solutions provider to create value, a tech company, and we are less and less seen as some sort of cultural institution’
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Interview4 years agoOlivier Chastan (Iconoclast): ‘Name, image and likeness will be as important as music rights in the future’