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Indie community blasts TikTok for shutting down licensing negotiations with Merlin to favour direct deals with independent labels

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The independent music community has rallied around its licensing agency Merlin, following the decision from short format social network TikTokto walk away from licensing negotiations with an entity representing roughly 15% of the global recorded music market.
In a letter to its members, seen by Billboard, Merlin explained that "with no warning, TikTok walked away before negotiations even began." Merlin went on to say that TikTok informed the organisation that the ByteDance-owned platform did not...

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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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Audible Magic’s Will Hughes appointed Chief Revenue Officer at SoundPatrol

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Will Hughes has joined SoundPatrol as Chief Revenue Officer. Prior to SoundPatrol, Hughes worked for over six years at data company Audible Magic, most recently as VP Account Management & Customer Success. Before that he was Senior Client Partner at Songtradr.
SoundPatrol is the research lab for large music models launched by former CAA co-Fonder and Chairman Michael Ovitz. At SoundPatrol, Hughes will lead "commercial strategy and help shape the product roadmap with industry partners as we s...

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Sonovy joins WIN Supporters programme

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Global music technology company Sonovy has joined the WIN Supporters programme, launched by independent labels' global organisation WIN. The scheme is open to those who want to "support WIN’s work, champion the global independent music sector, and engage with its entrepreneurs in a sustainable and mutually beneficial way."
Sonovy provides professional music distribution, rights management, and royalty reporting solutions for independent artists and labels. “Sonovy’s vision is to strengthen the g...

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Warner Music Group settles with Suno and signs licensing partnership

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Warner Music Group has settled its copyright infringement suit against Suno, and announced a new partnership with the music AI company that will "open new frontiers in music creation, interaction, and discovery, while both compensating and protecting artists, songwriters, and the wider creative community."
WMG said the deal "brings together Suno's best-in-class AI capabilities with WMG's artist development leadership and expertise at the intersection of music and technology." The deal appears to...

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