By Emmanuel Legrand European Union member states have been urged to implement rapidly the Copyright Directive in the EU Single Digital Market in order to continue...
By Emmanuel Legrand SGAE finally managed to get its new statutes approved by its members, but the outcome might be too little, too late to get...
By Emmanuel Legrand The French music publishing sector was worth EUR393 million in 2018, up 7% from the previous year, according to figures unveiled by French...
By Emmanuel Legrand In the wake of Brexit, the UK government decision's not to implement the European Union's Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market,...
By Emmanuel Legrand The Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel has submitted to the Canadian government its final Report with recommendations on modernising the legislation governing...
By Emmanuel Legrand Royalty payments and metadata specialist Exactuals has acquired Backlash Solutions, a New York- based digital music company managing data and generating royalty statements...
Spotify has posted Q4 2019 revenues of EUR1.855 billion, up 24% year-on-year, bringing cumulative revenue for the year to EUR6.764bn, up 28.6%. Annual net loss in...
London-based independent music company Music Sales Group has been re-branded as Wise Music Group, named after the Wise family which founded and still own the company....
By Emmanuel Legrand French neighbouring rights society SCPP collected EUR89 million in 2019, down 3.7% compared to 2018 (EUR91.5m). Marc Guez, director general of SCPP, said...
By Emmanuel Legrand The music industry will have to adjust to a series of "mega trends" if it wants to continue to grow in the new...