By Emmanuel Legrand SACEM chief executive Jean-No?l Tronc has been elected President of GESAC, the European groupment of societies of authors, during the organisation's annual General...
By Emmanuel Legrand Apple has said that the decision by the European Commission to open two antitrust investigations into the tech giant's practices was "disappointing" and...
By Emmanuel Legrand French rights society SACEM is anticipating a 25% drop in collections in 2020, according to CEO Jean-No?l Tronc (pictured, below), speaking after the...
By Emmanuel Legrand British trade body the BPI has welcomed the completion of the first round of trade negotiations between UK and US governments, but rejected...
By Emmanuel Legrand South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has decided on June 16 to refer back to Parliament the controversial Copyright Amendment Bill and Performers' Protection...
By Emmanuel Legrand The French music sector has estimated that the Covid-19 crisis will result in EUR4.5 billion in lost revenues in 2020, down 43% on...
By Emmanuel Legrand Beatchain, a new data science and digital marketing platform, has released its most recent tool, Hypelinks, which allows independent artists to manage multi-platform...
By Emmanuel Legrand Luxembourg-based start-up AIVA Technologies has raised EUR1.5m in seed funding from Chinese entertainment, gaming and digital platform NetEase. AIVA operates an artificial intelligence-powered...
Downtown's Dean Francis By Emmanuel Legrand US independent music company Downtown Music Holdings has set up Downtown Neighbouring Rights, a new stand-alone unit dedicated to the...
Secretly Group and Ghostly International have merged operations, giving birth to one of the largest independent music companies in the USA. Under the deal, record label...
