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Toronto — SOCAN has again strengthened its international team with the appointment of Steven Ambers as Director, International Business Development & Compliance. Reporting to Chief Operating Officer Jeff King, Ambers will work from SOCAN’s Los Angeles premises and will conduct royalty reviews of international music rights organizations; foster US publisher and key influencer relations; and […]

Toronto – SOCAN has crunched creator numbers once again to understand better where and how music is being made in Canada, revealing that more new music-makers reside in the Trinity / Little Portugal area of Toronto than in any other neighbourhood in Canada. This diverse and culturally-rich neighborhood in Toronto’s south-western quadrant is a hub […]

Montréal and Toronto – SOCAN and SODRAC today announced that the two organizations are actively discussing the possibility of combining operations with the aim of creating an integrated approach to the management of both performing rights and reproduction rights of songwriters, composers and music publishers. This initiative by SOCAN (the Society of Composers, Authors & […]

Toronto and New York – SOCAN and Audiam are working together to ensure that all songwriters, composers and music publishers receive their portion of the millions of dollars of unpaid YouTube royalties generated in the U.S., that they’ve rightfully earned from the use of their music in YouTube videos. From March 1 until May 31, […]

Toronto – SOCAN, the largest organization in the Canadian music industry, today announced another record year in 2016, with its music creator and publisher members generating a third-of-a-billion dollars in total revenue – an impressive eight percent year-over-year increase. According to preliminary financial results,[1] SOCAN’s nearly 150,000 member songwriters, composers and music publishers continued to […]

Toronto – New Year’s resolutions like “get in shape” and “hit the gym” regularly top lists, but too often the motivation to stick to them runs out by the Spring. A new Music Drives Fitness study1 by SOCAN and Leger, The Research Intelligence Group, suggests that music could make a huge difference to staying motivated […]

Toronto – “Music ♥’s Everybody” is the intriguing message of a new merchandise campaign unveiled by SOCAN today, with all proceeds going to the Unison Benevolent Fund, a non-profit, registered charity that provides counselling and emergency relief services to the Canadian music community. The e-commerce site was launched today (at www.kt8merch.com/store/pages/socan) with several pieces of […]

Montréal – SOCAN and M for Montréal have partnered to achieve a first for Québec: all 24 live music venues participating in this year’s music festival are Licensed To Play with SOCAN. After confirming that all venues are legally licensed with SOCAN to use live music, M for Montréal was presented with a special Licensed […]

SOCAN – the Society of Composers, Authors & Music Publishers of Canada – expressed its deep sadness after the passing of Leonard Cohen, one of the organization’s most iconic members, at the age of 82. Born in the Westmount area of Montréal, Cohen was the creator of hundreds of works, including international classic songs such […]

Montréal – The 27th annual SOCAN Montréal Awards Gala (Gala de la SOCAN) returns to Montréal’s iconic music venue, Métropolis, on Sept. 12, 2016, to celebrate and shine a spotlight on Quebec’s songwriters, composers, and music publishers for their extraordinary contributions to music. Among the artists and industry players honoured will be songwriter Stéphane Venne, […]