Association Of Independent Music (AIM) In The News

Gee Davy appointed interim CEO at AIM as Silvia Montello steps down

Montello cited personal reasons for her departure from AIM, little more than a year after taking on the CEO role

AI vocal cloning app Voicify offers 3,000 deepfake models to replicate artists’ voices. Now it faces legal action from the UK’s music industry

BPI has sent a letter to Voicify, now known as Jammable, threatening legal action if the app doesn't stop enabling users to create unauthorized music deepfakes

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Worldwide Independent Network elects five new board members

The new members hail from Argentina, Chile, Croatia, India and South Korea, part of WIN's effort to "connect as many territories as we can"

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Lina Tebbs named Director, UK Production Music at Warner Chappell Music

Tebbs will aim to reinvigorate the Production Music team by exploring new approaches to cater to Warner Chappell's extensive catalog

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UK parliamentary committee reports ‘endemic misogyny and discrimination’ in music business

Discrimination persists despite women making significant headway in the music industry, the report asserts

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The UK’s One Media IP renews distribution deal with The Orchard, securing $1m advance

AIM-traded One Media IP raised £6.04 million (approx. USD $8m) in 2020

Interviews

‘Amazon Music operates at 100 miles per hour, at all times. That’s fine. It matches mine and the team’s ambition’

Laura Lukanz, Amazon Music’s principal point person for the industry in the UK, looks back on her time in radio and then management, and discusses the power and future of streaming…

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Mike Molinar promoted to President at Big Machine Music

Molinar has led BMM since its inception in 2011