On the eve of the June 15 US-EU summit, Brussels-based trade organisation representing the independent labels' community IMPALA has urged the United States "to bring its...
By Emmanuel Legrand The French Parliament has passed an amendment introduced by the government that will fix the issue of the private copying regime applied to...
By Emmanuel Legrand Brussels-based independent music company [PIAS]and Universal Music Group (UMG), have agreed to a strategic global alliance which will give UMG access to [PIAS]'...
By Emmanuel Legrand London-listed music asset management company Hipgnosis Song Fund has posted revenues of $138.4 million for the 12 months leading to March 31, 2021,...
By Emmanuel Legrand Sony Music Group has become the first major record company to announce that it will start paying legacy artist royalties for the use...
By Emmanuel Legrand New York-based music company Primary Wave Music has inked a "strategic relationship" with funds managed by asset management firm Oaktree Capital Management, with...
Canadian music rights management company Kilometre Music Group, in partnership with Barometer Capital Management, have acquired 50% of the rights to the 180-song strong catalogue of...
By Emmanuel Legrand The music publishing market in the US posted revenues of $4.076billion in 2020, a 9.6% increase over 2019. The figure was disclosed by...
Independent music company Reservoir has acquired over 6,000 master recordings from New York-based indie hip hop label Tommy Boy Music, in a transaction valued at around...
French rights society SACEM and the Union of Publishers of Magazines (SEMP), which regroups over 80 news publishing companies in France, have signed what they described...
