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PROFILE : Anthem Entertainment Group’s Helen Murphy’s creative-first publishing philosophy

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by Jon Dekel In a perfect world, Helen Murphy would be celebrating 2020 by spearheading José Feliciano’s long-awaited comeback. The Chief Executive Officer of Anthem Entertainment Group, Murphy spent the better part of 2019 setting the stage for a comeback by the legendary guitarist and singer. She directed and co-wrote a new documentary titled Behind […]

In House: Sagelee Dinnall Archer

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We spoke with Sagelee Dinnall Archer about her role as an Online Licensing Administrator at CMRRA and her love of music. What does your workday look like? Theday-to-day work within our Online Licensing department involves updating musical work data in various ways – either to clarify duplicate information that may have been submitted, manually matching musical […]

PROFILE – Abby North: advocacy, allyship and the legacy of Unchained Melody

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by Jonathan Dekel As the founder of Unchained Melody Publishing LLC, Abby North has unique insight into the value of one of the most popular entries in the American songbook. Written by noted film composer Alex North (Abby’s father-in-law) and Tin Pan Alley lyricist Hy Zaret for an otherwise unremarkable 1955 prison film, “Unchained Melody” […]

PROFILE – UMPG’s Stephen Dallas on songwriter-first culture and the rebirth of music publishing

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By Isabelle Spearin You could say that Stephen Dallas, Senior VP of Universal Music Publishing Group’s business, legal and digital business development division, has seen it all. Fronting the legal departments of three of the world’s largest music publishers over the last 15 years, he’s witnessed first-hand the industry’s darkest moments and ultimately, its rebirth. […]

In House – Pamela Nichol

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We spoke with Pamela Nichol, Supervisor, Royalty Processing & Distribution at CMRRA about her vital role in the CMRRA ecosystem and how she finds satisfaction in her job. Tell us about your role in royalties at CMRRA? I oversee some of the royalty processing aspects of our quarterly distributions related to areas like Independent Label, […]

CMRRA gives back while keeping the royalties flowing: Over 14 million in royalties distributed while working from home

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TORONTO, Canada, Monday, May 4, 2020 – The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA) , Canada’s leading mechanical reproduction rights licensing collective, announced today that they have made a donation to support the CCMA Foundation and the Unison Benevolent Fund. “On March 16, as we transitioned to working from home, our CMRRA team successfully distributed over […]

In House – Lauren Ali

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This month, we asked Lauren Ali, our Operations Manager, to give us a picture of where she came from and what she brings to the CMRRA team. I’ve been working in the music industry for a very long time.  Over 20 years were spent in performing rights at SOCAN – in very different roles, most […]

PROFILE Jodie Ferneyhough, CCS Rights Management: Protecting the songwriters is the real job of music publishers

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By Jonathan Dekel It may seem like another lifetime now, but CCS head honcho and long-serving president of Music Publishers Canada Jodie Ferneyhough wasn’t always sure there was a future in music publishing.  The year was 2010 and Ferneyhough, a veteran executive of both peermusic and Universal Music Publishing as well as a co-founder of the non-profit Unison […]