Creative Industries
Main Stories — Week 21, 2022
These are the main stories published by Creative Industries News in the previous week.
LEAD STORIES
> Hong Kong’s new Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2022 to be discussed by the Legislative Council on June 8
> IFPI and UAE sign ‘landmark’ MoU to support the continuing growth of the UAE’s recorded music business
> GEMA CEO Harald Heker calls for a better remuneration from streaming services
> France’s SCAM signs a licensing agreement with Meta covering all platforms
> PRS for Music welcomes new elected Council representatives — MMF highlights a ‘disappointing’ lack of diversity
> Takeaways from CISAC’s Annual Report 2022: Ukraine, data, priorities, lobbying
> Sony Music will expand its Legacy Unrecouped Balance Programme — Rob Stringer
> Matt Pincus’ MUSIC has a $200 million war chest to invest in music businesses
> NetEase Cloud Music posted revenues up 38.6% to RMB2.1 billion during Q1 2022
> Slip.stream has raised $7.5m in a Series A financing round with contributions from Sony Music Entertainment and Third Prime
> TikTok launches the beta version of a livestreaming service for creators with monetisation options
BRIEF NEWS
– Vladimir Putin has signed an executive order that will authorise Russian organisations to remunerate copyright holders in rubles
– Music Publishers Canada has urged parliamentarians to “quickly pass” Bill C-11
– Greek MEP Alexis Georgoulis is calling for an ambitious European policy to support creators
– Beatport has acquired LabelRadar
– iQiyi has posted revenues of RMB7.3 billion ($1.1bn) during the first quarter of 2022
– SACD and YouTube renew their licensing agreement for four additional years
– Leonine Studios acquires Berlin-based TV production company Hyperbole Medien
– Voicy secures €1.2m in pre-Seed round
DEALS
– Hipgnosis and Blackstone acquire the song catalogue of Justin Timberlake
– Sun Records makes catalogue available on Tracklib to be cleared and sampled
– Live Nation signs partnership with UMG’s Astralwerks and Capitol Records China for Chinese EDM label Fabled Records
– Universal Music Group‘s Astralwerks and Capitol Records China (CRC) have signed a licensing and distribution agreement for Live Nation’s Fabled Records
– Sony Music Publishing Nashville has signed Black River Publishing to a worldwide publishing administration deal
IN THE NEWS
– Chris Butler has stepped down from the Board of PRS for Music
– Jason Allen has been promoted to the role of Senior Director of Infrastructure Operations at Tunecore
– S10 Entertainment has promoted and appointed four key executives
– Genneah Turner has been appointed General Manager of the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC)
– Tomas Filip was named Managing Director of Universal Music Czech Republic
– Warner Music Group has appointed Mariah Mochiach as the General Manager of Warner Music Israel
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)
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Collective Management Organisations
SACEM Day brings focus on AI as rights society celebrates its 175th anniversary
Believe promotes TuneCore’s Akhila Shankar to lead Artist Services business across India and South Asia
Massive Attack sign global recording agreement with UMG’s Play It Again Sam
SACEM Day brings focus on AI as rights society celebrates its 175th anniversary
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’