Singapore-based music company Caldecott Music Group (CMG) has appointed Dani Deahl to the newly created role of Vice President of Creator Policy & Corporate Affairs. Deahl will also continue to serve as Head of Communications & Creator Insights at Caldecott Music Group’s digital division BandLab Technologies. “Dani brings a unique combination of strategic clarity and creator-first thinking to everything she does,” said Meng Kuok, CEO & Co-Founder of Caldecott Music Group. “She’s been...

Mark Kitcatt, CEO of Everlasting Records (Spain), has been elected as the new Chair of the Board of Worldwide Independent Network (WIN), the global trade organisation for the independent music sector. He replaces Partisan Records' Zena White, who served for three years as Chair. Kitcatt has spent over four decades in the independent music sector, from early roles at Rough Trade UK to leading Madrid-based Everlasting Records. Kitcatt has held senior leadership roles across the independent sector,...

The Independent Music Publishers International Forum (IMPF) has issued a document listing key principles that collective management organisations should follow when licensing repertoire for Generative AI purposes. "Generative AI is rewriting the rules of the music ecosystem, at speed and scale we havenever seen before. For independent publishers and the songwriters and composers theyrepresent, this shift brings both opportunity and profound risk," reads the document.

IMPF, which represents h...