Washington DC-based Digital Media Association (DIMA), the trade association representing music streaming services, has appointed Alyssa Slaimen to the position of Vice President, Government & External Affairs. She reports to DIMA President and CEO Graham Davies. Slaimen joins from the office of Senator Peter Welch (D-VT), where she led the Senator's portfolio on intellectual property and artificial intelligence. Her work included legislation currently before the US Senate Judiciary Committe...

Stockholm-based music personalisation platform for games and interactive media Reactional Music has been awarded a €2.5 million grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC). The EIC has also allocated up to €6.5m in future equity to match incoming capital. If fully exercised, this would bring the total potential EIC-backed funding to up to €9m. Reactional said the funding will support the company’s transition to large-scale commercial deployment. Priorities include scaling music delivery ...

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