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Music royalty processing platform Salt acquires Session and seals a 10-year agreement with BUMA/STEMRA

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Session, the Swedish start-up dedicated to providing accurate music credits set-up by Björn Ulvaeus, Max Martin and Niclas Molinder, has been acquired by London-based music royalty processing and distribution platform Salt. In addition, Salt has signed a 10-year royalty processing deal with Dutch rights society BUMA/STEMRA.

Salt said the two deals "represent a significant milestone in Salt's ongoing efforts to modernise the music industry. Session provides a seamless way for creators to mana...

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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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Matteo Fedeli (SIAE): ‘Some big shots in California have decided how much our repertoire is worth’

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March 23, 2023

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Last week, Meta took the decision to take down Italian repertoire represented by rights society SIAE from platforms such as Instagram and Facebook. To understand what is happening, Creative Industries News spoke to Rome-based Matteo Fedeli, CEO of SIAE and Milan-based Francesca Trainini, from music publishing company peermusic Italy, about the situation, how it got to that point and what could be done to fix it.

So what's the situation today? 

Matteo Fedeli: Well, we have an issu...

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IMPF welcomes licensing hub ICE to its ‘Friends and Supporters’ category

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March 21, 2023

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The Independent Music Publishers International Forum (IMPF) has included digital music licensing hub ICE to its ‘Friends and Supporters’ category.

ICE is a a joint venture between the UK's PRS for Music, Sweden's STIM and Germany's GEMA. It negotiates digital licenses with DSPs on behalf of music rights holders. ICE has now passed €3 billion in royalty distributions and represents more than 330,000 rights holders in the ICE Core license.

Launched in 2021, IMPF’s ‘Friends and Sup...

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SCPP promotes Marie-Charlotte Lachaize to Director of Distributions and Repertoire

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March 21, 2023

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French neighbouring rights society SCPP has appointed Marie-Charlotte Lachaize as the organisation's new Director of Distributions and Repertoire. She was since March 2022 Deputy Director of Repertoire and Distributions.

She reports to Managing Director Marc Guez. She is tasked with maximising record label members' income, and support SCPP's digital transition. Prior to SCPP, she spent eight years in the film industry at EuropaCorp Distribution before joining advertising agency Stratego as O...

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