Music Business News: South America

Dominique Casimir takes charge of BMG’s publishing and recorded music operations outside North America and the UK

Exec adds Australia, China and Latin America to her global remit

Multiple ‘fake stream’ sites shut down in Brazil

Closures follow action from Pro-Música Brasil, Brazilian anti-piracy body APDIF, and the Brazilian police

ADA Latin makes several key hires across global leadership team

They all report to Juan Paz, who heads up the Miami-headquartered division

TuneCore expands into Russia and Brazil

Ivan Ivanov appointed Head of TuneCore Russia and Bruno Duque to head up TuneCore Brazil

Álex Schiavo promoted to Chief Artistic Officer, Latin America, US Latin, Portugal & Spain at Altafonte

Exec was previously Managing Director of Altafonte Brazil

Licensing agency IMPEL expands into Latin America via deal with LatinAutor

Deal will allow IMPEL to license and collect across Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay and more

Three Six Zero joins forces with Nicky Jam management company La Industria Inc in global partnership

Partnership has already led to Bad Boys collaboration between parties

Over half of us listen to fewer albums than we did 5 -10 years ago (report)

Only 9% of 8,000 people surveyed favor albums