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)
Collective Management Organisations
CISAC adopts a declaration calling for human creativity to be protected and respected
CISAC adopts a declaration calling for human creativity to be protected and respected
Chordal
Youssou N’Dour named Vice-President of CISAC
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
Olivier Chastan (Iconoclast): ‘Name, image and likeness will be as important as music rights in the future’
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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’