Sweden-based music creators’ rights organization STIM appoints Mr. Karsten Dyhrberg Nielsen as CEO. Dyhrberg Nielsen is at present CEO of Nordic copyright management organization NCB, Nordisk Copyright Bureau, as well as its subsidiary NMP, Network of Music Partners.
At the initiative of GAM (The French Guild of Music Artists), five European coalitions of artists with the American CCC (Content Creators Coalition), met on 16 and 17 April in Metz, at the 14th Rencontres européennes des artistes (REA) to define actions and common positions in order to meet the challenges of the digital music revolution. The meeting has led itself to the creation of a global organization – the World Artists’ Organization (WAO) – and to the adoption of a common charter draft.
The Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Arts Council Norway, published the first ever authoritative study on the economy of the Norwegian music industry.
The report states that the Norwegian music industry has a turn over of 3.1 billion kroners (approx. 370 million Euros). Copyright related income amounts to 796 million kroners (approx 93 million Euros)
_English summary on pages 28 and 29 of the report_
GESAC member PRS for Music that represents over 100,000 music creators in the UK and two million worldwide, published its financial results for 2013, achieving income of £665.7m, a 3.7% increase on 2012