Creative Industries
Main stories — Week 30, 2022
These are the top stories published this week by Creative Industries News.
LEAD STORIES
> Canada plans to introduce a resale right for visual artists in the amended Copyright Act
> US Copyright Office concludes against adopting deferred registration examination process for copyright applications
> UK Music calls for British Conservative leadership contenders Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak to support six key pledges to grow the industry and help drive jobs
> California district court denies motion to dismiss from YouTube in copyright case filed by composer Maria Schneider
> Six takeaways from The MLC’s first annual report for 2021
> DACS distributed £17.2 million in royalties to 79,000 visual artists and estates in 2021
> ONErpm launches new publishing administration service ONE Publishing
> Warner Music Group Q2 2022 revenue affected by slower streaming growth
> Believe’s revenues for H1 2022 were up 35.4% year-over-year to €352.2 million
> Warner Bros. Discovery to merge HBO Max and Discovery+ in the summer of 2023
> Concord acquires independent Australian music publisher Native Tongue and sets up shop in the Australasian region
BRIEF NEWS
– Rep. Rashida Tlaib proposes legislation to guarantee a minimum royalty payment to musicians for the streaming of recordings
– BREIN’s Annual Report 2021 illustrates the ongoing popularity of torrent sites, cyberlockers and illegal IPTV platforms
– SoundExchange has distributed $230.4m in digital royalties to creators in Q2 2022
– Crunch Digital has launched a beta version of music publishing clearance platform Tempo
– MUSO has received a $3.2 million investment from Puma Private Equity
– Distiller Music Group opens new division dedicated to Virtual Reality projects
– MUSEXPO to be held in Burbank, CA March 19-22, 2023 with a focus on A&R and sync
– Livestreaming platform FanTracks Digital has acquired London-based Jazzed
– US gaming market down 13% in Q2 2022
– SoundCloud will reduce its workforce by 20%
– Sony’s Crunchyroll has acquired anime publisher and distributor Right Stuf
– Cyanite raises €800,000 in a seed round
– Walmart in talks to add a video streaming service to its Walmart+ programme
DEALS
– Big Machine Music signs Anna Vaus to an exclusive songwriting agreement
– Dru ‘Falconry’ DeCaro signs global publishing deal with Position Music
– Bucks Music Group signs songwriter Marvee Woods to a global publishing deal
– BMG is acquiring German independent record label Telamo specialised in Schlager music
IN THE NEWS
– Geoff Taylor will leave the BPI in 2023 for ‘a more directly commercial role’
– Sarah Landy has been appointed as SVP Americas of digital distributor FUGA
– ASCAP has promoted Deepak Mohite to Chief Technology Officer
– Merlin has appointed Kyle Elwin to the a newly-created role of People & Culture Lead
– Creative Artists Agency has appointed Joanna Popper as the talent agency’s first Chief Metaverse Officer
– PULSE Music Group has promoted Annie Aberle to Vice President, A&R
– Universal Music Group has promoted Frederic Voillemot to CFO and EVP of Business Development for Africa, Middle East, and Asia
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)
US music publishers and X Corp. file joint stipulations of dismissal
Warner Music Group renews and expands licensing deal with NetEase Cloud Music
Assembly of Ireland passes Sinn Féin’s motion ‘Protecting the Copyright of Irish Artists in the era of Artificial Intelligence’
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’