Culture

Spotify unveils the figures for its Loup & Clear report. For France, the focus this year is on the decisive influence of the world’s number one music streaming…

The European Parliament reminds the Commission of the urgent need to carry out an in-depth analysis of national tax incentive schemes in the audiovisual sector, and their consequences.…

WMG will not make an offer to buy Believe. Warner Music Group will not make an offer for Believe. This marks the end of a sequence that began…

Change in organizational chart for Sony Music France, Pauline Duarte promoted to head of Columbia. The only thing missing was the official announcement. Sony Music France has just…

Impala, the international independent music companies association, believes that much progress is still needed to ensure fair remuneration for online music. TikTok is particularly targeted, with licenses set…

Europe’s number one live entertainment company to acquire See Tickets’ festivals and international activities. Vivendi and CTS Eventim have signed a promise to purchase. The French group will…

The RIAA has released the music figures for the US market. Streaming could soon reach 100 million subscribers. The strength of the market seems to be showing signs…

The French cultural sector welcomes the recommendations of the Generative AI Committee’s report, which asks for the transparency of training data. They also urge the French government to…

In addition to sanctioning Google for failing to meet its commitments to the press, the French competition authority (Autorité de la Concurrence) asserts – even before the AI…

The future implementing acts of the European regulation on artificial intelligence will be the subject of intense and complex discussions in Brussels, particularly on the subject of training…

It’s done: the European Parliament today adopted the European Regulation on Artificial Intelligence. The creative industries are applauding, but are already asking the European Parliament for help with…

Following the announcement of Spotify’s price hike in France, the Centre national de la musique (CNM) has responded with a statement clarifying that the streaming tax – the…

Spotify France will compensate for the streaming tax by increasing the rates of its offers. The number one in streaming explains this to its users. A decision that…

The report concocted by Meltwater and We are social depicts an internet landscape that is rapidly evolving towards social networks at the expense of traditional media. TikTok is…

After information leaked to the press, Impala reacts to Apple Music’s new compensation policy. We recently revealed the grumbling of French independent labels regarding Apple Music’s new policy.…

Yesterday, the European Commission organized its first major « Music Moves Europe » event. In particular, it was an opportunity for the European executive to urge the music…

The UK Intellectual Property Office yesterday published a Code of Best Practice on transparency in the music streaming sector. The code, already signed by the organization representing Spotify,…

The craze for content bundles is as much a delight for consumers as it is for ISP accountants, streamers and Canal+. It’s all about finding ways to reduce…

Sacem and Gema published a study showing that while a growing number of authors are using AI in their work, they also want to see their works protected…

The French government is not letting up, and continues to try to convince other member States to vote for an AI Act that would not include protections for…

Belgium took over the presidency of the EU Council a few days ago. It was in this context that CISAC president Bjorn Ulvaeus met with the Belgian prime…

After intense discussions within the government, Germany is continuing to experiment with the culture pass, but with a budget cut in half, against a backdrop of reduced funding…

Apple wants to impose a 27% tax on payments made outside its AppStore, Spotify is up in arms against the decision. Spotify has roundly criticized Apple’s decision to…

The European Parliament today adopted its own-initiative report on music streaming, in which it calls on the Commission to assess the impact of the current revenue distribution model…

Le Prodiss publishes its annual Live barometer, which confirms the French people’s appetite for Live. The annual live performance barometer, unveiled by PRODISS at the BIS in Nantes…

The SPPF has published its results for the year 2023. The independent producers’ OGC also lists upcoming topics for Rachida Dati. In 2023, SPPF recorded positive financial results,…

The European Parliament considers Europe’s cultural aid program, Europe Creative, to be useful, but largely insufficient. The elected representatives are now calling for an upward revision for the…

The revision of the 2019 Copyright Directive is no longer a taboo for the European Commission’s services, which plan to work on it from the start of the…

Alongside private copy levies and equitable remuneration, AI has every chance of becoming a major source of revenue for rights holders, as works are exploited in new ways.…

A political agreement on the future European regulation on artificial intelligence was announced last December, but, in reality, negotiations are continuing on the exact content of the text.…