French rights society SACEM celebrated its 175th anniversary by gathering at its headquarters in Neuilly-sur-Seine creators, policy-makers and industry personalities for the inaugural SACEM Day. The event was the occasion to reaffirm France's attachment to cultural exception, the sanctity of authors' rights, the need to enforce European cultural and tech sovereignty and the importance to establish a different framework for AI that respects the rights of creators.

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Over 1,000 filmmakers, actors and industry professionals — including Jane Fonda, David Fincher, Denis Villeneuve, Joaquin Phoenix, Kristen Stewart and Mark Ruffalo — have signed an open letter in which they express their "unequivocal opposition" to the proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery by Paramount Skydance. In the letter, which was first disclosed by the New York Times, they claim that the merger will "further consolidate an already concentrated media landscape, reducin...

BMG has appointed Tim Miles as Executive Vice President, Global SYNC+. Based in London, Miles reports to Chief Strategy Officer Johannes von Schwarzkopf. Miles joins BMG after more than a decade at Warner Music Group, most recently as Senior Vice President, Global Sync, where he led the company’s global sync operation across more than 25 markets. In his new role, he will lead BMG’s recently launched SYNC+ division and will be responsible for "defining and executing the global SYNC+ strategy, al...