Creative Industries
Main Stories — Week 23, 2022
Here’s a round-up of the main stories published by Creative Industries News in the past week:
LEAD STORIES
> French CMO watchdog finds SPEDIDAM’s management ‘unsatisfactory’ and recommends a merger with ADAMI
> Analysis: Time has come for an overhaul of France’s neighbouring rights sector
> MusicFIRST’s Joe Crowley outlines five principles for ‘achieving music fairness’
> SAA, FERA and FSE urge EU members states to ensure directors and screenwriters receive fair remuneration
> Court affirms that Maryland’s mandatory ebook and audiobook licensing law is ‘unconstitutional’
> SoundExchange diversifies to launch SX Works Global Publisher Services
> LyricFind launches new automated service for rights holders to produce lyric and lyric-translated videos
> Songclip partners with Universal Music Group and UMPG to integrate their catalogues of artists and songwriters
> ImageRights launches copyright management and enforcement service for law firms and legal departments
> SoundExchange partners with Sound Credit to increase the accuracy of performers’ data
> TuneCore unveils updated pricing plans to reflect the way new music is released
> ANote Music is listing the catalogue of Sterling Fox valued at €388,000
BRIEF NEWS
– US Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) has encouraged the House Judiciary Committee to foster discussions between artists and broadcasters
– The US Supreme Court has scheduled the Andy Warhol Foundation v. Lynn Goldsmith case to be heard on October 12
– Women represented 38.5% of authors of works registered in 2020 with the US Copyright Office
– The International Code Council has joined the Copyright Alliance as a new member
– Revenues from audiobooks in the US grew 25% in 2021 to $1.6 billion
– US rapper Jay-Z‘s former label Roc-A-Fella Records has settled a lawsuit involving Damon Dash
– AI-based music tech company Songistry has closed a $5.0 million capital raise
– Songtradr has acquired AI metadata and music search company Musicube
– British news publishers could receive from platforms up to £250 million for the use of news content
– Disney+ has launched in 16 markets across the Middle East and North Africa
– Music streaming service Boomplay has launched in Ivory Coast
– AI-based music technology company Songistry has closed a $5.0 million capital raise
DEALS
– Proper Music Group has signed Naxos UK to a logistics deal covering the UK and Ireland
– Endurance Music Group signs Jack Rose to a global publishing agreement
– Sony Music Publishing Latin in partnership with NEON16 and Tommy Mottola
– Swedish artist Zara Larsson has acquired the rights to her entire recording catalogue
IN THE NEWS
– Alexa Morris has been promoted to Vice President, Legal & Business Affairs at Warner Chappell Music
– Dana Walden has been appointed as the new Chairman of Disney General Entertainment Content
– The Coalition for Online Accountability has appointed Matthew Williams as Executive Director and Legal Counsel
– Vince Degiorgio, President of Cymba Music Publishing, has stepped down as Chair of the Board of Music Publishers Canada
– BMG UK VP Marketing Gemma Reilly-Hammond has joined artist management company Quietus Management, as Managing Director
– Vanessa Picken has been appointed Chief executive of SonyMusic Australia
OPINION
– Kevin Casini: ‘Stakeholders need to take a long-term view with the Copyright Royalty Board’s rate-setting proceedings’
– The new generation of artists needs to be better educated on copyright issues
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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Nettwerk Music Group’s management plans buyout from existing investors supported by $300m from Create Music Group
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LabelWorx launches a publishing division offering a Single Song Assignment model
Nettwerk Music Group’s management plans buyout from existing investors supported by $300m from Create Music Group
BMG signs global recording partnership with digital-first label Sketch Music
LabelWorx launches a publishing division offering a Single Song Assignment model
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 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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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’