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News June 1, 2017

Universal Music Korea appoints new MD, Scandinavian Songs rebrands, and more

Universal Music Korea appoints new MD, Scandinavian Songs rebrands, and more

Here’s all the music industry news you need to know today.

BMG has appointed German media lawyer Ama Walton as SVP Business & Legal Affairs and General Counsel Europe. – via RotD

Scandinavian Songs — a leading Swedish independent music publisher that exclusively represents Imagem, Songs, Bucks, Mute and many more in the Nordic region — is rebranding to Cosmos Music Publishing. – via MBW

Universal Music Korea, announced today that Bumjin Suh has been appointed Managing Director, effective immediately – via UMG

SoundCloud is now available on Xbox One – via The Verge

PPL has reported annual revenues of £212.1m for 2016. Collections were up 8% on 2015, with growth in public performance and dubbing, broadcast, and international (which was up 32%). Payments were issued to 83,102 performers and 9,589 recorded-music rightsholders, up 30% year-on-year. – via RotD

ASCAP appoints Tony Dunaif EVP and Head of International Affairs – via MBW

CEOs lend unprecedented cross-media support to media reform package – via AdNews

The European Commission‘s Music Moves Europe initiative returns to Midem this year, with a special focus on diversity. – via Midem

Glastonbury festival 2017: full line-up – via Guardian

New York based independent music publisher Reservoir has acquire a stake in London based music management company Big Life Management and its music publishing arm Big Life Music’s 3,000+ copyrights. – via RotD

This article originally appeared on The Industry Observer, which is now part of The Music Network.

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