Creative Industries
Main stories — Week 31, 2022
These are the top stories published this week by Creative Industries News.
LEAD STORIES
> BMI no longer considering plans to sell the music rights society
> French Constitutional Council validates the law suppressing the TV license
> US Rep. Rashida Tlaib introduces a motion in the House to establish a new royalty programme for music on streaming services
> Philippines Supreme Court affirms the right of FILSCAP to collect royalties for the public performances of music works
> Over 20 organisations file an amicus brief opposing Internet Archive’s programme of digitising and lending books
> Karl Vestli named CEO of Norway’s TONO
> APRA-AMCOS will use Audoo’s technology to track public performances of music in Australia and New Zealand
> AIM CEO Paul Pacifico will step down at the end of 2022 after six years in the job
> Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global sell 75% of The CW to Nexstar
> Disney+ added 14.4 million subscribers in Q2 2022 for a global total of 152.2 million
> US teens favour TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat instead of Facebook and Twitter
BRIEF NEWS
– Vietnam authorities concerned by the increasing levels of online piracy
– Soundstripe launches app allowing creators to license and sync music on the go
– UK record labels spent £494.8 million in 2021 to support artists’ careers — BPI
– Deezer to roll out a new partnership in Germany with broadcaster RTL
– Sony Music Publishing opens office in Lagos with Godwin Tom as Managing Director
– Spotify and Samsung renew and expand their partnership
– Tencent Music Entertainment’s revenues and profits were down in Q2 2022
DEALS
– Swedish House Mafia’s Steve Angello taps PPL to administer his neighbouring rights
– Reservoir Media has signed writer and producer Nick Lee to a new global publishing deal
– ROBA Music Publishing and AP Music Royalties Fund have acquired the catalogues German Publisher GERIG Music Publishing
– Sentric’s Black Rock will administer Adesso Music’s new publishing operation
– GoDigital Media Group, in partnership with MEP Capital, has acquired NGL Collective
– Universal Production Music launches label with film composer Harry Gregson-Williams
IN THE NEWS
– Monti Olson named President of Litmus Music in charge of acquisitions
– Exceleration Music has named Jennifer Newman Sharpe as its Head of Legal & Business Affairs and General Counsel
– Holly Zabka promoted to President of Sony Music’s Provident Entertainment
– Megan Joyce joins Big Machine Label Group as SVP Business and Legal Affairs
– Feed Media Group has named technology executive Roxy Kellogg Vice President of Product
– Verve Label Group promotes Jamie Krents and Dawn Olejar
– Valeisha Butterfield Jones is leaving the Recording Academy to join to Google
– Gilad Woltsovitch has joined Revelator as Web3 Experience Lead
– Position Music beefs up its A&R team with the arrival of Samantha Sklar
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)
– Paul Pacifico (AIM)
– Spek (PopArabia)
– Merk Mercuriadis (Hipgnosis) (Part 1)
– Merk Mercuriadis (Hipgnosis) (Part 2)
OPINION
In case you missed it, Creative Industries News published recent opinion pieces from:
– Susan Cotchin (Good Neighbour Rights): ‘Australia’s decision to limit the application of Art. 15 of WIPO’s WPPT has impacted Australian artists in a big way’
– Helen Smith (IMPALA): ‘We don’t believe equitable remuneration is equitable at all’
– Jonathan Reichman and Jeremy King (Hunton Andrews Kurth): ‘Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith is an opportunity for US Supreme Court to clarify fair use’
– Kevin Casini: ‘Stakeholders need to take a long-term view with the Copyright Royalty Board’s rate-setting proceedings’
– Barry Scannell (IMRO): ‘Royalty-based NFTs have limited fungibility’
Todd Horvath named President and Chief Operating Officer at BMI
Primary Wave Music promotes Alexandria “Lexi” Todd to Deputy COO
Duetti secures $200 million in new funding in a round led by Raine Partners
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’