Creative Industries
Main Stories — Week 19, 2022
Below are links to the main stories published this week by Creative Industries News:
CONTENTS — ISSUE 319
LEAD STORIES
> French record labels and performers/musicians hail ‘historic’ agreement on fair remuneration
> WIPO’s SCCR fails to reach a consensus on the proposed Broadcasting Treaty
> Senators Thom Tillis and Patrick Leahy introduce into the Senate the (PEACE) through Music Diplomacy Act
> Josh Hawley’s Copyright Clause Restoration Act would limit the US term of protection to 56 years
> SUISA Digital slaps Snapchat with a copyright infringement lawsuit in Hamburg
> Appeals court in California affirms Toni Basil is the sole author of the song ‘Mickey’
> Google discloses having licensing deals with over 300 news publishers in Europe
> British neighbouring rights society PPL collected £252.8 million in 2021, up 12%
> Universal Music Group inks partnership with LimeWire
> Warner Music Group’s Q1 2022 revenues benefit from strong digital growth
> Music streaming service Anghami posted revenues up 16% to $30.5m in 2021
> Once again, Napster changes ownership — this time it’s Hivemind and Algorand
BRIEF NEWS
– The US Copyright Office‘s Chief Economist Brent Lutes is working on a study on gender disparity in the copyright sector
– The India Performing Right Society (IPRS) has collected record revenues during its financial year 2021-2022
– Music Publishers Canada and MusicCanada have launched new Songwriting and Music Publishing Award
DEALS
– Reservoir Media and PopArabia acquire Egyptian label 100COPIES and sign Mohamed Ramadan to a publishing deal
– mom+pop music and Exceleration Music have sealed a strategic financial alliance
– Distiller Music Group has signed a global music publishing administration agreement with Downtown Music Services
– Ingrooves Music Group has signed global distribution deals with Tony Kakkar and Ammy Virk
– Warner Music Group and BMG — with KKR — are reportedly leading the competition to acquire the Pink Floyd catalogue
– Sony Music Publishing has signed a global deal with Ashley Gorley
– Primary Wave Music has acquired Bob Dylan’s share in the recordings of The Traveling Wilburys
– Warner Music India and Vishesh Films have signed a strategic partnership
– Warner Chappell Music has signed a global publishing deal with Natanael Cano
– Big Machine Label Group and Blac Noize! have signed a creative partnership
– Brandon Silverstein and Simon Fuller have sealed a partnership
IN THE NEWS
– BMG has promoted Dominique Casimir to Chief Content Officer
– Miriam DeChant has been appointed Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Public Information and Education (PIE) at the US Copyright Office
– Ned Sherman has joined Skybound Entertainment as Chief Business Affairs and Legal Officer
– Johannes Larcher, who was Head of HBOMax Global at WarnerMedia, has left the company
– Nashville-based indie Jazz and instrumental label Green Hill Music has promoted Ben Binner to Director of A&R
– Lucie Bourgouin has been awarded the tenth Christopher-J.-Reed Prize awarded by APEM
– Claire Bianchi has joined Distiller Publishing as Head of A&R
– Benjamin Katovsky, BMG‘s London-based Chief Operating Officer since 2018, has announced that he has left the company
– Aurélie Le Peurian has been promoted to Head of International Online Licensing at SACEM
– Christine Schloithe has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Music SA
INTERVIEWS
In case you missed it, Creative Industries News published recent Q&As with:
– Bruno Guez (Revelator)
– Andrea C Martin (PRS for Music)
– Cécile Rap-Veber (SACEM)
– Molly Neuman (Songtrust)
– Jordi Puy (Unison)
– Olivier Chastan (Iconoclast)
– Ken Umezaki (Verifi)
– Spek (PopArabia)
ORCA report finds indie labels generate ‘tangible value and income for artists’
Armada Music acquires the rights to Sonique’s entire recording catalogue
Merlin signs global licensing agreement with karaoke platform Singa
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’