Mark Kitcatt, CEO of Everlasting Records (Spain), has been elected as the new Chair of the Board of Worldwide Independent Network (WIN), the global trade organisation for the independent music sector. He replaces Partisan Records' Zena White, who served for three years as Chair. Kitcatt has spent over four decades in the independent music sector, from early roles at Rough Trade UK to leading Madrid-based Everlasting Records. Kitcatt has held senior leadership roles across the independent sector,...

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.

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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...