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Digital deals — Week 38, 2025

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These are some of the main digital deals announced in the past week:

Collective management organisations from Finland (Teosto), Norway (TONO) and Iceland (STEF) have joined ICE Core, the multi-territory digital music licensing hub operated by International Copyright Enterprise (ICE), a joint venture between the UK’s PRS for Music, Germany’s GEMA and Sweden’s STIM. Teosto, TONO, and STEF — which were already using the copyright services of ICE — will begin a phased onboarding to the ICE Core f...

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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 38, 2025

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2025
OCTOBER 2025
– Oct. 2-4

Waves Vienna, at the Gürtel Lokale Wien.
– Oct. 6-7
Ad Synch Summit in New York.
– Oct. 7-9
 IMPF Global Music Summit Palma at the Hotel Marina in Palma de Majorca.
– Oct. 14-17
MondoNYC Music & Tech Conference & Showcase Festival in New York.
– Oct. 15-17
MaMA conference and festival in Paris.
– Oct. 22-26
Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) conference and festival with more than 1,000 events in nearly 200 locations in and aroun...

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Key figures — Week 38, 2025

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2.5 trillion
That’s the total number of streams played on on-demand music streaming platforms in the world in the first half of the year, up 10.3% compared to the same period in 2024, according to the latest report from US data firm Luminate. The United States remains by far the largest global market for music streaming in volume, with 765 billion on-demand audio and video streams reported in the first half of the year, more than the consumption in the next top three countries combined -- I...

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Main stories — Week 38, 2025

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These are some of the main stories published by Creative Industries News in the past week:
COPYRIGHT & REGULATION> IMPALA and MEPs call for a fix on the ‘RAAP’ ruling by the European Commission> European Commission temporarily pauses on the investigation into UMG's proposed acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings> Latin America's policymakers urged 'to protect and preserve' IP rights> USTR calls for comments to inform its annual Notorious Markets List> Erik Bertin named Acting Associate Regis...

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