Midem 2012: A Roundup Of News & Announcements

Unofficial estimates put MIDEM attendance up 12% to 6,900 – 1st gain in 5 years. Find our full Midem coverage here.

• Coke‘s Head Of Global Entertainment And Sports Marketing, Emmanuel Seuge  hinted at a likely Spotify deal: “We’re very intrigued by the business  model of Spotify – and very interested in a strategic partnership with  them”.
• A2IM reports a record 150 U.S. indie music companies at their American Independents Pavilion, in its seventh year.

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• The Orchard Celebrates Its 15th Year With Expanded EU Staff & New Signings
• CueSongs, co-founded by Peter Gabriel and Ed Averdieck, announced an invite-only beta launch of their one-stop music licensing hub for online and digital media usage.
• Getty Images launched GUESTLIST a curated licencing destination. Joss Stone is among the first to sign on.
• LyricFind has signed what they say is the world’s first global lyrics deals with all four major publishers.
• Spinlet debuted digital distribution technology for African Markets.
• Webdoc announced deals with SoundCloud, Songkick & Topspin.
• Tribe of Noise has launched a PRO version of its online music platform.
• UK chart topper Robbie Williams has added his catalog to EMI's OpenEMI app developer toolbox partnership with The Echo Nest.