Merlin, the digital music licensing society for independent labels and distributors, has sealed a partnership with Pipeline, the newly-launched provider of financing solutions for the independent music sector. Under this initiative, Pipeline will provide Merlin member companies with advances against digital royalties generated by Merlin. The service is entirely optional and non-exclusive, as participation in the programme does not prevent Merlin members from entering into financing or commercia...

Atlantic Music Group (AMG) has elevated Kevin Weaver to the newly created role of President of the Warner Music Group division. Based in Los Angeles, Weaver will continue to report to AMG CEO Elliot Grainge. In this new role, he will "oversee high-impact opportunities across the AMG roster, spanning soundtracks, strategic partnerships and gaming initiatives, sync licensing, and brand alignments" across Atlantic Records, 300 Entertainment, and 10K Projects. Zach Friedman and Tony Talamo, AMG's Ch...

The Human Artistry Campaign has launched an advocacy campaign to protest against "Big Tech’s illegal mass harvesting of copyrighted works" to train and power their Generative Artificial Intelligence platforms. Human Artistry said it acted on behalf of "a broad cross-section of the American creative community." The campaign aims at alerting consumers and policy-makers about the current "illegal intellectual property grab" perpetrated by tech companies.

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