Creative Industries
Main stories — Week 36, 2022
Here a list of the main stories published by Creative Industries News in the past week.
LEAD STORY
>Warner Music Group names YouTube’s Robert Kyncl as Chief Executive Officer
COPYRIGHT & REGULATION
> European Commission unveils the Media Freedom Act to protect media pluralism and independence in the European Union
> The UK’s Association of Photographers opposes the British government’s proposed new Text and Data Mining exceptions
> Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari expected to sign new Copyright Bill
LITIGATION
> Florida judge sides with Sony Music Entertainment on most counts in infringement case against Bang Energy
CMOs & LICENSING
> Vietnam’s music rights society Vietnam’s music rights society VCPMC plans to collect $9.7m in 2022 plans to collect $9.7m in 2022
> Sony Music pulls out catalogue from Resso
DATA
> BMAT acquires Manage Ad Music to provide performance royalty admin services
> PIXELYNX partners with Laylo to facilitate creator’s messaging and drops
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
> US recorded music market up 9% to 7.7bn during H1 2021 as streaming growth rate slows down to 10% year-on-year
> US book publishing industry generated $29.33 billion in revenues in 2021
> French broadcasters TF1 and M6 put an end to their proposed merger
> SPPF sets up support system to help small French indie labels cover the payment of minimum advances to performers
DIGITAL ECONOMY
> Tencent Music Entertainment started trading Sept. 21 on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
> China will account for half of Asia Pacific 746 million SVoD subscriptions by 2027
> Roblox claims 59.9m daily users
> Cinedigm launches new streaming service Cineverse
DEALS
– Concord acquires assets from L.A. Reid and Charles Goldstuck’s Hitco Entertainment
– HarbourView Equity Partners acquires Big Loud Mountain Music’s publisher share of select songs from Florida Georgia Line
– Sony Music Publishing Nashville and Droptine Music Publishing sign Dalton Dover to a global publishing agreement
– Big Machine Music has signed Matt Roy to an exclusive co-publishing agreement
– Germany’s Montez extends publishing agreement with BMG and We Publish Music
IN THE NEWS
– PIXELYNX taps visual effects specialist Ed Ulbrich as a strategic partner and advisor
– iHeartMedia promotes Michael Biondo and Uta Knablein to new expanded roles
– ALIBI Music promotes London-based Sam Wale to Director of ALIBI Music Library
– Milk & Honey appoints Milly Petriella as Managing Director for Australasia
– Love H. Whelchel named as Downtown Music Holdings’ first Chief People Officer
– Warner Music UK promotes Charlotte Saxe to SVP, Legal and Business Affairs
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’
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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’