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# QUICK HITS: SACEM’s Tronc To Head GESAC, New StageIt CEO • Concord • Bitfury Surround • IDOL
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/quick-hits-sacems-tronc-to-head-gesac-new-stageit-ceo--e2-80-a2-concord--e2-80-a2-bitfury-surround--e2-80-a2-idol/
- Published: 2020-06-26T13:55:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-06-26T17:21:14.000Z
- Description: SACEM chief executive Jean-Noël Tronc has been elected President of GESAC, the trade group of European PROs. Tronc will serve a two-year term and replaces José Jorge Letria, President of Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores (SPA), who. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2020/06/quick-hits-
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Songwriting & Music Publishing, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:51

**SACEM** chief executive **Jean-Noël Tronc** has been elected President of **GESAC**, the trade group of European PROs.

Tronc will serve a two-year term and replaces **José Jorge Letria**, President of Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores (**SPA**), who remains on the board.

• **StageIt,** the ticketed livestream company, has appointed **Stephen White** as their new CEO. Founder **Evan Lowenstein** moves to the role of Executive Chairman.

The company has brought in the new team amidst a period of tremendous growth, having seen over **5000% increase in shows and revenue** over the past 12 weeks. White was previously CEO of rights administration platform **Dubset Media Holdings** and prior to that was President of data services giant **Gracenote**.

• Nashville’s **Concord Music Publishing** has entered into an exclusive, worldwide co-publishing agreement with multi-GRAMMY award-winning, CMA Award-winning and Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated songwriter **Hillary Lindsey**.

**• Bitfury Surround**, the music and entertainment blockchain ecosystem, has brought on experienced music and tech executive **Fabian Alsultany** as its first North American hire. Alsultany will work with Surround’s Berlin-based team to lay the groundwork for a new approach to music rights management in the US and Canada.

• French digital distributor **IDOL** is expanding its market position in Germany with a new branch and the hiring of *Marit Posch*. Posch, previously active for **Modeselektor** and its label **Monkeytown**, takes over the position as General Manager Germany.