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Music rights company Salt closes new funding round with Björn Ulvaeus, Dave Stewart and Quincy Jones as investors

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British music rights and data company Salt as closed an funding round with investment from ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart and Quincy Jones, and European investment company Lansdowne Investment Company. Salt did not disclose the total amount invested as part of the round nor the valuation of the company.
Other investors include Canadian songwriter and producer Dan Kurtz and the family office of Nicolas James Group. Ulvaeus joins Salt’s board alongside Robert Ashcroft, former Chie...

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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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Ircam Amplify joins DDEX as a member

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October 17, 2025

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AI company Ircam Amplify has joined global music standards organisation Digital Data Exchange (DDEX) as a member.
Announcing the news on LinkedIn, Nathalie Birocheau, CEO Ircam Amplify, said that the Paris-based company's neutrality "guarantees the transparency and trust that the entire ecosystem needs to collectively build a fair, transparent, and innovative music ecosystem."

Ircam Amplify's Nathalie Birocheau

Ircam Amplify's AI Music Detector solution allows for the identification of AI-gene...

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BMAT starts partnership with Denmark’s KODA to provide data services

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October 13, 2025

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Spanish rights and royalties data company BMAT has announced a new partnership with KODA, the Danish collecting society for songwriters, composers and music publishers, which will provide KODA with BMAT’s digital rights and royalties technology and service solutions.
Together, BMAT and KODA will deliver a phased onboarding plan and communicate operational milestones "in due course." "The partnership will enable faster processing cycles, more accurate matching rates, leading to operational impro...

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Nielsen joins the Copyright Alliance

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October 7, 2025

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Washington, DC-based advocacy group Copyright Alliance has added audience measurement and data analytics company Nielsen as a new member. The Alliance represents the copyright interests of over two million individual creators and more than 15,000 organisations across the spectrum of copyright disciplines,
“We are thrilled to have Nielsen join us as a member," said Copyright Alliance CEO Keith Kupferschmid. "As a company whose business depends on gathering, analyzing, and licensing media data, l...

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