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Toronto – The SOCAN Foundation today announced the 24 winners of the 2016 SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers and Young Audio Visual Composers. This year’s competition attracted 224 entries, awarding a total of $51,000 to the prize winners. The jury awarded the grand prize to Canadian, New York-based Taylor Brook for his inspiring piece […]

Toronto and New York – SOCAN, the member-based organization representing the Canadian performing rights of more than four-million Canadian and international music creators and publishers with revenue of CAD$308-million in 2015, has confirmed that it has purchased 100% of New York-based Audiam. The acquisition empowers SOCAN to provide a unique global music industry solution with […]

Toronto – Toronto-based indie rock band Fast Romantics have been voted the winner of the 11th annual English SOCAN Songwriting Prize for their song “Julia,” written by founding band member Matthew Angus. From June 9 to 23, 2016, Canadian music fans voted for their favourite from the 10 songs nominated by a panel of music […]

The Weeknd, Alessia Cara, Johnny Reid among the honoured

The Society of Composers and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) welcomes news that today, Member of Parliament for York-Simcoe, the Honourable Peter Van Loan, introduced Private Member’s Bill C-299, which extends copyright protection for Canadian authors, composers and music publishers.

Annual SOCAN Awards in Toronto June 20th celebrate music creation and publishing

$308 million in total revenues and another record-low net expense ratio

Online and Social Media Voting Determines Winning Song

Music creators and publishers to benefit from leading-edge tools

SOCAN, the member-based organization that represents the performing rights of more than four-million music creators and publishers, has purchased Seattle-based MediaNet