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Universal Music France’s CFO Patrick Picaud promoted to Chief Operating Officer

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Patrick Picaud has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Universal Music Group France. Based in Paris, he reports to UMG France CEO Olivier Nusse. Picaud joined UMG in 2002 as controller. After a stint as Director of Royalties and Copyright and Chief Administrative and Financial Officer, he was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2016. He has been a member of the company's Executive Board since 2016. "I will put all my energy and passion into ensuring the ...

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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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Calendar — Week 26, 2026

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JUNE 2026 – June 18: MusicAlly NEXT at Steel Yard in London. AUGUST 2026 – August 25-28: All About Music 2026 in Mumbai, India. SEPTEMBER 2026 – Sept. 2-12: 2027 Venice International Film Festival on the Lido in Venice, Italy. – Sept. 16-19: Reeperbahn Festival Conference in Hamburg. OCTOBER 2026

– Oct. 6-9: IMPF Global Music Summit Palma at the Hotel Marina in Palma de Majorca. - Oct. 12-15: MIPCOM at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France.

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Musical chairs — Week 26, 2026

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SCAPR, the organisation that represents performers’ neighbouring rights societies, has renewed its Board of Directors, following the organisation’s 51st General Assembly in Kraków. The new Board, which will serve for the 2026–2027 term, has reappointed Jose Luis Sevillano (AIE) as Chairperson, with Claudia Cadima (GDA) as Vice-Chairperson and Markus Bos (SENA) as Treasurer.vIn accordance with SCAPR’s Statutes, these positions are appointed annually by the Board during its first meetin...

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Music deals — Week 26, 2026

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These are some of the music deals announced in the past few weeks:

Royalty accounting platform Curve Royalty Systems, which is part of the Downtown Music assets acquired by Universal Music Group earlier this year, will be sold to private investment firm Jamen Capital and digital licensing company Merlin. The sale, the terms of which were not disclosed, was a condition to the European Commission’s clearance of UMG’s acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings through Virgin Music Group in February...

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