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Unbiased digital music licensing companion Merlin proclaims its new 2024 board, welcoming six new board members.
Merlin, the independents’ digital music licensing companion that’s negotiated offers with Apple, Deezer, Peloton, Spotify, TikTok, YouTube, and plenty of extra, proclaims its new board for 2024, welcoming six new board members. The brand new lineup brings leaders from the unbiased music trade in 12 completely different international locations. Merlin’s board is elected from and by its membership, representing hundreds of unbiased report labels, distributors, and rights holders throughout the globe.
Newly elected to the board this yr are Golda Bitterli, VP of Gross sales at Revelator (Israel); Jeffrey Chiang, Director of World Enterprise at Fluxus (South Korea); Fer Isella, Founder and CEO of limbo music (Spain); Irina Lipczyk-Kolakovska, Digital Distribution Lead at e-muzyka (Poland); Simon Wheeler, Director of World Business Technique at Beggars (UK); and Megan Jasper, CEO of Sub Pop (US). Additionally appointed this yr are board advisors Jennifer Newman Sharpe, Normal Counsel at Exceleration, and Dorothee Imhoff, CCO at FUGA.
“We’re happy to welcome our new Board Members, every of whom brings a significant and distinctive perspective to Merlin,” mentioned Merlin CEO Jeremy Sirota (pictured). “As Merlin continues to develop — each by way of our world membership and our partnerships — their collective experience in numerous sides of the music trade is invaluable. Their strategic insights can be essential to assist us navigate new alternatives and challenges for music rights holders within the ever-evolving digital music panorama.”
Returning members to Merlin’s board are Pascal Bittard, Founder at CEO at IDOL (France); Marie Clausen, Managing Director North America at Ninja Tune (US); Tom Deakin, Head of EMEA at AudioSalad (UK); Chris Maund, COO at Mushroom Music (Australia); Carlos Mills, Founding father of Mills Information (Brazil); Louis Posen, President and Govt Director at Hopeless Information (US); Michael Ugwu, CEO of Freeme Digital (Nigeria); Darius Van Arman, Co-CEO of Secretly (US); Horst Widenmueller, CEO and Proprietor of !K7 (Germany); and Justin West, President and CEO of Secret Metropolis (Canada).
Merlin’s world membership spans 68 international locations, representing 15% of the recorded music market, and is funded completely by its low 1.5% admin price. Working for the good thing about its members, Merlin helps the world’s main independents personal their digital enterprise throughout world offers.