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Main Stories — Week 18, 2022
Below are links to the main stories published this week by Creative Industries News:
LEAD STORIES
> NMPA/NSAI and record labels file new motion with the CRB calling for an increase in mechanical rates on physical and downloads from 9.1c to 12c per track
> Songwriters Guild of America’s Rick Carnes explains why SGA has not joined in support of the new settlement (while agreeing on its principles)
> BMG ‘regrets’ not supporting earlier songwriters asking for higher mechanical rates for physical and downloads
> ECSA welcomes new settlement between US publishers and majors on mechanical rights
> Analysis: Time has come to change the US rate setting system for mechanical royalties
> MCPS distributed to members £181.7m in 2021, a 15% increase year-on-year
> Online beats marketplace Beatopia launches with subscription model
> SoundCloud acquires AI-powered music tagging company Musiio
> Believe hails ‘very dynamic’ Q1 with revenues up 30.9%
> AR and VR are entering the mainstream with millions of users using devices in 2022
> Eastern Europe will count an estimated 43m subscribers to SVoD services by 2027
BRIEF NEWS
– Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan. has voted amendments to the Patent Act, the Copyright Act and the Trademark Act
– Netflix has been sued in California by a Texas-based investment trust
– Italy’s SCF has distributed €54.9 million in 2021
– SoundExchange has sealed a data partnership with VEVA Sound
– Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) has acquired Ringgold
– Universal Music Group has posted revenue of €2.19 billion during the first quarter of 2022
– Live Nation, the world’s largest live music company, has delivered strong results for the first quarter of 2022
– The Copyright Alliance has added the Artist Rights Alliance (ARA) as its newest member
– The Independent Music Publishers’ International Forum (IMPF) is organising a global meeting of music publishers in Palma de Mallorca, Spain in Oct. 9-12, 2022
– Qobuz has launched in six new countries, five in Latin America and one in Europe
– Music and entertainment marketing platform Linkfire has signed a new marketing and affiliate agreement with Amazon Music
– Spotify has entered the world of Roblox with the introduction of Spotify Island
DEALS
– Reservoir Media has signed producer and songwriter Dan Nakamura, known as Dan the Automator, to a worldwide publishing deal
– Paris-listed music company Believe has signed a new label partnership with German DJ Steffen Harning
– PULSE Music Group has signed a creative music publishing joint venture with songwriter, producer and rapper Tommy Brown
– Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has signed Dave Bayley to an exclusive, global publishing agreement
– Warner Chappell Music has extended its publishing deal with producer, performer and songwriter Chrishan
– Kobalt has signed US rapper $NOT to a global publishing administration deal
IN THE NEWS
– BMG has renewed its two US repertoire leads: Thomas Scherer as President, Repertoire & Marketing, Los Angeles and New York; an Jon Loba continues as President of BMG Nashville
– Riot Games has appointed Maria Egan as Global Head of Music & Events
– Gernot Graninger, CEO of Austrian authors’ societies AKM and Austro-Mechana, has been elected as the President of GESAC
– Laura Lukanz has been appointed Head of Music Industry, UK, Australia & New Zealand, at Amazon Music
– BMG has appointed Sarah Mitchell to run its UK-based neighbouring rights division
– PRS for Music has appointed Rupinder Virdee as Head of PR, Marketing & Digital for the British music rights society
– Barry Scannell, Director of Legal Affairs & Regulatory Compliance at IMRO, has joined law firm William Fry as consultant
OPINION
INTERVIEWS
In case you missed it, Creative Industries News published recent Q&As with:
– Andrea C Martin (PRS for Music)
– Cécile Rap-Veber (SACEM)
– Molly Neuman (Songtrust)
– Jordi Puy (Unison)
– Olivier Chastan (Iconoclast)
– Ken Umezaki (Verifi)
– Spek (PopArabia)
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Indian government recognises PPL India as a Copyright Society for the licensing of sound recordings
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IMRO CEO Victor Finn to retire in 2027
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CISAC launches new AVR+ format designed to improve music data processing by the global AV industry
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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 Organisations4 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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Interview4 years agoOlivier Chastan (Iconoclast): ‘Name, image and likeness will be as important as music rights in the future’
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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’



