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Main stories — Week 48, 2022

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Here’s a list of the main stories published in the past week by Creative Industries News.

LEAD STORY
> Canada’s CRTC maintains local content and French-language music requirements for commercial radio stations

COPYRIGHT & REGULATION
> FTC moves to block Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of games company Activision Blizzard
> The PEACE For Music Diplomacy Act passes through the House and the Senate
> Japan government plans to create a new office to license works for which rights holders cannot be identified
> Italy’s creative sector fights Meloni government’s plans to scratch the €500 allocation for 18-y-o to buy cultural goods
> French government allocates €30 million to support news publishers hit by rising costs

LITIGATION
> BMG, UMG and Concord sue Altice for copyright infringement in $1bn lawsuit
> Nathan Butler and Sean Hall’s case against Taylor Swift dismissed with prejudice
> Japanese court fines two individuals ¥500m for posting unlicensed ‘fast movies’
> US Attorney’s Office in Maryland takes down 55 sites streaming World Cup games

CMOs & LICENSING
> IMPEL renews its admin deal with SACEM
> SACD and Meta sign agreement covering France, Belgium and Luxembourg
> PPL distributed £43.2 million in the last quarter of 2022
> Merlin’s partnership with STYNGR opens access to a new business model
> PRS for Music distributed over £200m in royalties in December 2022
> SACD signs agreement with French media regulator ARCOM enforcing author’s rights
> AKM joins digital licensing hub ICE Core
> France’s neighbouring rights society SCPP welcomes its 4,000th label member

DATA
> IMPEL strikes strategic partnership with music rights and data platform Blokur
> Sony Music appoints Rachel Chernoff to the new role of SVP of Data Science & Analytics

CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
> Zebralution, LyricFind, Deezer and other industry players launch BELEM to democratise and monetise access to lyrics
> 5 questions to Robert Singerman about the BELEM project: ‘To give music subtitles’
> Concord raises $1.8 billion with the issuance of senior notes secured by catalogue assets
> Kader Attia elected President of CISAC’s creators’ council for visual arts CIAGP
> ANote Music will list the soundtrack of ‘Cadillac Records’ from Matthew Knowles’ Music World Entertainment catalogue
> Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment welcomes 11 new members including France Televisions and RTL Deutschland
> Italy’s 2022 book sales to reach €1.67bn

DIGITAL ECONOMY
> Web3 music platform Public Pressure closes $6m funding round led by Scytale
> Amazon Prime Video overtakes Netflix as the leading US video streaming service
> Vevo extends partnership with Amazon Freevee to launch new channels

DEALS
– Litmus Music acquires Keith Urban’s catalogue of master rights
– Sony Music Publishing UK signs Naomi Kimpenu to a global publishing deal
– Beyond Music acquires the catalogue of Canadian producer and songwriter Greg Wells
– Downtown Music Services signs a raft of new artists for distribution, marketing and sync licensing services

IN THE NEWS
– Kurt Deutsch appointed to the newly created post of SVP, Warner Music Entertainment & Theatrical Ventures
– Melanie Ainsworth named Chief Financial Officer at Position Music
– Lauren Harman appointed President, Film/TV Licensing for Silo Music
– UMG beefs up its digital strategy team
– Cosynd promotes Rhea Ghosh to the position of Chief Marketing Officer
– Kobalt has named Kate Loesch as Senior Director, Creative
– Nikisha Bailey appointed General Manager of creators-centric label Nvak Collective
– Claus Thune has joined Podimo as Global Director of Programming
– PPL strengthens its Member Services department with the promotion of Titania Altius and Dan Millington to new roles
– Sony Music Publishing UK names Naomi Asher to Vice President, Songwriter Services and Neighbouring Rights
– Fruits Music appoints Arno Van Berkel to the position of Managing Director
– Sean Warner named President of Universal Music Australia & New Zealandas George Ash leaves the company

VIEWPOINT
> Terry Hart: ‘Copyright Under Pressure’

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:
– Chola Makgamathe (SAMRO): South Africa needs a comprehensive, multifaceted strategy to curb the economic impact of piracy
– 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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Emmanuel is a Washington, DC-based freelance journalist, blogger and media consultant, specialising in the entertainment business and cultural trends. He was the US editor for British music industry trade publication Music Week. Previously, he was the editor of Impact, a magazine for the music publishing community (2007-2009), the global editor of US trade publication Billboard (2003-2006), and the editor in chief of Billboard’s sister publication Music & Media (1997-2003).

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US book publishing community unites to challenge in court Arkansas Act 372

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A recent law passed by the legislature in Arkansas and signed into law by the Governor of the State that would restrict the access to books has been challenged by a broad coalition of authors, publishers, booksellers, librarians, and readers.

In a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas against the State of Arkansas, they argue that the passing into law of Arkansas Act 372 would restrict "access to books in bookstores and libraries located within the state, and ...

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Polygram Entertainment promotes Daniel Inkeles to Senior Vice President, Film and Television Development and Production

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Universal Music Group's film and television division Polygram Entertainment has promoted Daniel Inkeles to Senior Vice President, Film and Television Development and Production.

Based in Los Angeles and reports to David Blackman, EVP, Head of Film and Television Development and Production, UMG.

Most recently, Inkeles was Vice President, Scripted Film and Television, UMG where he served as an executive producer of the series 'Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist' (NBC) as well as an executive pr...

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Interstellar Music Services signs Kula Shaker, Cole Rolland, Lack of Afro, Michael McArthur, Mirla and Xavier Weeks

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Interstellar Music Services has signed a number of artists — including British rock band Kula Shaker, as well as Cole Rolland, Lack of Afro, Michael McArthur, Mirla and Xavier Weeks — for which the boutique artist services and rights management company will provide services to maximise the collection of royalties.

Interstellar rights management services include digital distribution, sync and brand partnerships, metadata cleaning, neighbouring rights, publishing administration, DSP re-pi...

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