The Boards of Directors of French neighbouring rights societies ADAMI and SCPP have approved the creation of a joint tool for data referencing and royalties' distribution. The shared tool will allow the two organisations to have different distribution rules specific to their members, while sharing the same infrastucture.
ADAMI, which represents music and audiovisual performers, and SCPP, which counts over 5,000 labels and producers of sound recording as members, including the three majors, anno...

The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) has launched ISWC IPI Context Search, a new API service designed to help music publishers quickly and accurately identify creator Interested Party Information (IPI) numbers.
IPI's are the globally unique identification of a natural person or legal entity with an interest in an artistic work across all categories of works, including composers, arrangers, and publishers. The IP Base Number is a unique identifier allocate...

The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has appointed Marc Zelanko to a newly create role as Chief of Staff. Based in New York, he reports to the music rights society CEO Elizabeth Matthews.
“Marc is the perfect fit to help ASCAP deliver on our mission to grow revenues and drive efficiencies for the benefit of our more than 1.1 million songwriters, composers and music publishers," said Matthews. "He brings a wealth of experience working cross-functionally to lead comple...