Columbia's authors' society SAYCO (Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de Colombia) has partnered with data specialists BMAT to handle VoD processing and music rights distribution. "Our partnership increases the number and accuracy of rights holders receiving royalties in the region, enabling faster, more efficient distributions, and also improving the transparency and consistency of the information delivered to each society in LATAM," said BMAT. "Together, we're setting a new standard for how V...

The Independent Music Publishers International Forum (IMPF) has issued a document listing key principles that collective management organisations should follow when licensing repertoire for Generative AI purposes. "Generative AI is rewriting the rules of the music ecosystem, at speed and scale we havenever seen before. For independent publishers and the songwriters and composers theyrepresent, this shift brings both opportunity and profound risk," reads the document.

IMPF, which represents h...

Virgin Music Group has promoted Nicole Thomas to the position of Managing Director of the South African affiliate of the Universal Music Group-owned distribution and services company for the independent sector, based in Johannesburg. Thomas was previously Co-Country Manager of Virgin Music Group, South Africa. “Nicole has guided our South African business with a focus and energy that has made a real difference for our labels in the region,” said JT Myers, Co-CEO of Virgin Music Group. “Nicole’s...