Emmanuel Legrand

Independent music company PULSE Music Group has formed a music publishing joint venture with songwriter and producer Gabe Simon's publishing company, Abide By The Vibe. In addition, Simon has renewed his exclusive worldwide publishing deal with PULSE Music Group in a deal that covers his complete song catalogue. Simon first signed a publishing deal with PULSE Music Group in 2015.

The Supervisory Board of French-listed entertainment and media company Vivendi — under the chairmanship of Yannick Bolloré — has approved the the resolutions to split the company's businesses into multiple stand-alone units. These resolutions will be submitted to the Combined General Shareholders' Meeting scheduled for December 9, 2024.

Virgin Music Group, the Universal Music Group division providing distribution and services for the independent sector, has acquired Beijing-based Outdustry, the artist and label services and rights management business founded by Ed Peto and focused on China, India and other markets. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

A coalition representing creators and right holders across the EU's cultural and creative industries, have expressed support "for the aims of the AI Act" and urged European policy-makers — from the Commission, Parliament and Member States — to "promote and oversee its effective and meaningful implementation."

Sony Music Publishing has signed producer Mike Dean and several members of his renowned producer collective M.W.A. — including Sean Solymar, Tommy Rush and Sage Skolfield — to a global publishing agreement. SMP also launched a strategic partnership with M.W.A. "to foster the creative development of its new talent."

Two of the largest music rights societies in the world — the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), and France's SACEM (Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique) — have formed a strategic alliance. The new partnership — negotiated under the leadership of SACEM CEO Cécile Rap-Veber and ASCAP CEO Elizabeth Matthews — will see the two collective management societies "leverage their investments in state-of-the-art data infrastructure and human expertise by col...

The Ivors Academy's members have elected 40 songwriters and composers to the British organisation's Senate. The Senate will meet and elect up to 11 of their members to the Board of Directors. The Ivors' Senate is the forum through which members express their views and priorities about the Academy's governance, as well as provide critical insight and feedback on issues facing the industry, such as Artificial Intelligence, fair creator remuneration, improvements to works data and identifiers, add...

British rights societies PRS for Music and the Design & Artists Copyright Society have urged UK policy-makers to protect the intellectual property (IP) of music creators in the face of the uncontrolled development artificial intelligence (AI). Speaking at the British IP Day parliamentary reception on October 30 at the House of Commons, John Mottram, Chief Strategy, Communications & Public Affairs Officer at PRS for Music, and DACS Chair Margaret Heffernan, addressed MPs, policymakers, go...

France's audiovisual archives organisation Institut national de l'audiovisuel (INA) has joined the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) as an Approved Participant. Founded in 1975, INA is a public service media organisation which archives, preserves, digitises and broadcasts one of the largest media collections in the world. INA content garners close to two billion video views each year, on the organisation's web site and app or on platforms like YouTube.

Alana Dolgin has been appointed to the newly-created position of President of Digital Marketing at Atlantic Music Group, a division of Warner Music Group. Based in Los Angeles, she reports to Atlantic Music Group Chief Operating Officer Zach Friedman and General Manager Tony Talamo. In her new role, Dolgin will oversee digital marketing across Atlantic Records, 300 Entertainment, and 10K Projects. She will also continue in her role as President of Homemade Projects, a talent management, merchand...