ISNI International Agency, the Registration Authority for the #ISNI standard, has published a new industry resource designed for authors and creators working in the book publishing sector to strengthen attribution and improve discoverability.
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Greg Prata has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer at Sony Music Publishing, effective March 31. Based in New York he will report to SMP Chairman & CEO Jon Platt. Prata takes over from Tom Kelly, who will retire after a 35-year career.
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Generative AI music company Suno has appointed former Merlin CEO Jeremy Sirota as its new Chief Commercial Officer. Based in New York, he reports directly to Suno co-Founder and CEO Mikey Shulman.
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Reservoir Media has inked a multifaceted deal with indie label Fool’s Gold Records to acquire the catalogue master rights of the label’s artists, including A-Trak, Danny Brown, Grande Marshall, The Brothers Macklovitch, and Low Pros.
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Music streaming platform Audiomack partners with fraud detection company Beatdapp to address streaming fraud across the Audiomack platform. The two companies intend to “set a new standard for fair play, editorial integrity, and artist protection.”
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British music rights society #PRS for Music collected £1.15 billion (€1.37bn) in 2024, up by 6.1% compared to the previous year, and distributed a record £1.02 billion (€1.21bn) to rights holders, up 8.1% on 2023.
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French rights society SACEM collected €1.601bn in 2024, up 7.6% on 2024, with collections in France up 2% to €852m, while collections from abroad were up 15% to €749m.
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Jeremy Sirota, who has served as CEO of independent label’s digital licensing company Merlin since 2020, will step down from the position effective December 31, 2025.
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ICYMI, the European Commission plans to “assess” the proposed $775m acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings by Universal Music Group under the EU Merger Regulation (EUMR), following requests submitted by Austria and the Netherlands.
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Singapore-based Caldecott Music Group has become an official ISNI Registration Agency by the ISNI International Agency. ISNI is the International Standard Name Identifier ensuring creators are uniquely and consistently identified and credited.
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Independent music platform Create Music Group (CMG) has acquired !K7, the Berlin-based music company founded by the late Horst Weidenmüller who passed away in February of this year. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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A bipartisan group of Senators and Representatives have reintroduced in Congress the NO FAKES Act that would protect creators’ voices and likenesses from the unauthorised creation and use of digital replicas.
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A wide coalition of creative industries’ international organisations have joined forces to express their opposition to the third draft of the European Union’s General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice, which they describe as “fundamentally flawed.”
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Independent music company Concord has acquired Stem Distribution. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but estimates put the deal in the $50-90m range. CEO Milana Lewis and President Kristin Graziani will continue to lead the platform.
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Music industry organisations — representing record labels, music publishers, songwriters, performers, industry workers’ unions... — urged the US administration to adopt AI rules respecting human authorship and favoring licensing of content for AI training.
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US neighbouring rights society SoundExchange, has distributed over $12bn to performers and owners of sound recordings since the company’s inception in 2003. For full year 2024, SoundExchange has distributed $1.05bn, up 4.9% over 2023.
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Bertelsmann-owned music company BMG has introduced a new brand identity, reflecting “a forward-looking approach aligned with the BMG Next strategy and future direction,” while honouring “the company’s heritage as a champion of music creators.”
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Organisations representing authors and performers in Europe express “concerns” about the 2nd draft of EU's General-Purpose AI Code of Practice. The process "appears to be taking several steps backwards” re. transparency and respect for copyright.
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According to the New york times, Musk’s employees from his various businesses “have also been integrally involved in the transition, vetting prospective candidates for senior administration jobs, in interviews at the Trump transition headquarters in West Palm Beach.”
Really?
Excellent question asked by my friends from @billboard.com.web.brid.gy. The music industry has been and still is a boy's club. In all my years covering the music biz I have rarely seen women ascending to top roles. This needs to change.
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Virgin Music Group — UMG‘s services and distribution division for the indie sector — has acquired Downtown Music Holdings for $775m in cash. The deal is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the second half of 2025.
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British songwriter and performer Crispin Hunt has been elected as the new President of #PRSforMusic Members’ Council, effective from 1st January 2025. He takes over from the inaugural President, Michelle Escoffery who served in the role since January 2021.
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Mark Robinson has been appointed to the position of Executive Vice President, Global Business and Legal Affairs at #VirginMusicGroup, the services and distribution division for the independent sector owned by #UniversalMusicGroup.
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A global study measuring the economic impact of #AI — commissioned by #CISAC — estimated that the market for Gen AI music and AV content will rise from €3bn now to €64bn in 2028. Revenues at risk of loss for creators will reach 24% in music and 21% in AV.
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So said Bansky. Do you approve?
The UK’s Association of Independent Music (#AIM) has appointed Gee Davy as its new Chief Executive at the organisation’s 2024 annual general meeting.
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British music rights society #PRSforMusic has filed a lawsuit in the UK’s High Court against concert promoter and festival organiser #LiveNation over the terms of licensing tariffs applied to concerts.
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First posting on #bluesky. This account is for people interested in #copyright, #creativeIndustries, #digitalmusic, #CollectiveManagementOrganisations, and #creators in the digital environment.
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