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Main stories — Week 5, 2023

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Here’s a selection of stories published by Creative Industries News this week:

LEAD STORY
> USTR’s Notorious Markets Report identifies 39 online markets and 33 physical markets engaging in copyright piracy

COPYRIGHT & REGULATION
> Australian government launches ambitious A$286m five-year plan for culture
> Dutch competition authority ACM rejects RTL Nederland and Talpa Network merger
> TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew to appear on March 23 before the House Energy and Commerce Committee

LITIGATION
> New York judge rejects motion to classify a termination rights case against Universal Music Group as a class-action lawsuit
> Rick Astley seeks ‘million of dollars’ from rapper Yung Gravy for impersonating his voice in ‘Betty (Get Money)’
> Unison files lawsuit against SGAE for anti-competitive practices of abusive litigation
> Donald Trump sues Bob Woodward for releasing sound recordings of interviews

CMOs & LICENSING
> Fitness platform Metal Workout inks licensing agreement with Tuned Global
> ASCAP and NYC Media Lab are launching the ‘Music and AI Challenge’

DATA
>rightsholder.io research shows extent of registration gaps and data duplication with Grammy-nominated songs

CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
> Universal Music Group and TIDAL seal partnership to explore new innovative economic models for music streaming
> Utopia Music reorganises and bids farewell to current CEO Markku Mäkeläinen
> Thomas Coesfeld to replace Hartwig Masuch as CEO of BMG in 2024
> 4,500 artists and producers have benefited from Warner Music Group’s legacy unrecouped advances programme
> Matt Pincus’ MUSIC makes ‘significant minority investment’ in Atlanta-based independent music company LVRN
> Penske Media Eldridge acquires TV producer Dick Clark Productions
> Showtime is integrated with Paramount+ to create Paramount+ With Showtime

DIGITAL ECONOMY
> Spotify had 205 million paid subscribers in 2022, up 14% year-on-year
> Beatport Group acquires a majority stake in International Music Summit (IMS) Ibiza
> Peacock has passed the 20 million subscribers mark at the end of 2022
> Warner Music launches music-themed metaverse project Rhythm City on Roblox

DEALS
– Hipgnosis Song Management acquires a bundle of rights in TMS’ song catalogue
– Dion signs publishing deal with Reservoir covering past and future works
– peermusic UK and Max Music Publishing sign The Reytons to a global publishing deal
– Shirin David has signed a worldwide music publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music
– Sofi Tukker extends global music publishing admin deal with Third Side Music
– Warner Music Asia signs Singapore-based singer and songwriter Gentle Bones
– Avex USA and Brandon Silverstein Publishing sign worldwide publishing deal with US producer Jasper Harris
– Glassnote Records signs US band Grouplove

IN THE NEWS
– Sony’s CFO Hiroki Totoki elevated to President and COO
– Universal Music Group has promoted Roey Hershkovitz to Vice President of Sound & Picture
– Rob Gross joins marketing agency The Syndicate as SVP, Label Services
– Kobalt celebrates ‘one of a king’ Chief Creative Officer Sas Metcalfe as she plans to step down at the end of February
– Jenifer Mallory promoted to President of Sony Music label Columbia Records
– Big Machine’s Jake Basden joins Sandbox Entertainment Group as President
– Markus Holzherr named Chief Business Officer at Warner Music Central Europe
– Warner Chappell Production Music expands in Brazil with the hiring of Renato Moraes
– Stephanie McGuire named Senior A&R International at CTM Publishing
– Warner Music UK promotes Liberty Wilson to Vice President of International Marketing
> IFPI appoints Sony Music executive Adriana Restrepo as Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean

INTERVIEWS
In case you missed it, Creative Industries News published recent Q&As with:
– David Israelite (NMPA): ‘The rate setting system is broken and needs to be reformed’
– Robert Singerman (LyricFind/BELEM project)
– 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:
– Jeff Liebenson (IAEL): ‘Music in the Metaverse — Negotiating Key Issues’
– David Lowery: ‘Why windowing releases works for me’
– 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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Warner Music Czech Republic invests in local hip-hop label Mike Roft

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Warner Music Czech Republic has renewed its partnership and invested in local hip-hop label Mike Roft, the company set up by Czech artists Calin and D-Kop, and video director and graphic designer Radim Zboril, who will remain investors in the venture and will continue to manage it as an independent label.

The new deal will see Warner Music become the sole distributor for all of Mike Roft’s roster, which includes Calin. Founded in 2018, Mike Roft has developed "a core roster of six culturall...

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Marathon Artists and Transgressive Publishing sign punk band HotWax

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London-based music companies Marathon Artists and Transgressive Publishing have signed British punk band HotWax to, respectively, a recording agreement and a global music publishing deal.

The three-piece band — Tallulah, Lola and Alfie — will be releasing the EP ‘A Thousand Times’ in May 2023. ’Treasure’ is the first single lifted from the EP. The band are managed by Clare Britt and Mairead Hayden of Rip It Up. Their team also includes WME Agency (Live), Satellite 414 (Press) and Plugged In ...

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Priority Records signs Sugarhill Ddot

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Priority Records has signed up-and-coming artist Sugarhill Ddot to a global recording deal. The 15-year-old rapper from New York's Harlem is the first artist to sign to Priority since creative executive Orlando Wharton joined the Capitol Music Group (CMG)-owned hip hop label.

Wharton, Executive Vice President of Universal Music Group's Capitol Music Group and President of Priority Records, said, “We’re bringing New York back. Sugarhill Ddot is a star in the making to ignite the resurgence ...

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