CMRRA

Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency

In House – Lauren Ali

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This month, we asked Lauren Ali, our Operations Manager, to give us a picture of where she came from and what she brings to the CMRRA team. I’ve been working in the music industry for a very long time.  Over 20 years were spent in performing rights at SOCAN – in very different roles, most […]

PROFILE Jodie Ferneyhough, CCS Rights Management: Protecting the songwriters is the real job of music publishers

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By Jonathan Dekel It may seem like another lifetime now, but CCS head honcho and long-serving president of Music Publishers Canada Jodie Ferneyhough wasn’t always sure there was a future in music publishing.  The year was 2010 and Ferneyhough, a veteran executive of both peermusic and Universal Music Publishing as well as a co-founder of the non-profit Unison […]

CMRRA update from President Paul Shaver

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Dear Clients, I wanted to communicate with you about the potential impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). At CMRRA, one of our core values is client service, and our commitment to this is paramount. We, like many of you, are closely monitoring the evolving situation. At this time, we do not currently foresee any immediate […]

PROFILE Rell Lafargue: on music publishing, his road to Reservoir and building a complete music company

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President and Chief Operating Officer of Reservoir, Rell Lafargue, has come a long way from his days in the orchestra pit. Lafargue hails from Louisiana, where music enjoys a rich history and is deeply woven into the fabric of society, from sidewalks to front porches to performance halls. “I come from a musical family,” Lafargue […]

Industry Veteran Paul Shaver Named President of the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA)

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TORONTO, Canada, October 2, 2019 – The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. (CMRRA), a SoundExchange company, announced today that Paul Shaver has been named President. Shaver previously served as Vice President at Nielsen Entertainment Canada, where he was instrumental in the launch of the Music Connect platform in Canada that provides improved data transparency […]

CMRRA enters into a new agreement with Facebook

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CMRRA enters into a new agreement with Facebook and its family of apps which includes Instagram and Oculus VR. This deal adds to the portfolio of audio-visual media platforms that are now licensed by CMRRA in Canada. The agreement licenses the musical works reproduced by Facebook and its family of apps, bringing money back to […]

Have you looked at our Unclaimed Works Portal yet? Here’s why you should:

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What is it? The Unclaimed Works Portal is a service launched by the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA) in late February 2019 that allows music publishers and self-published songwriters to search the active repertoire of online music services in Canada and match recordings to songs. Why should you be interested? The Unclaimed Works Portal […]

CMRRA welcomes Rebecca Webster, expands music publisher client services

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CMRRA welcomes Rebecca Webster, expands music publisher client services Toronto, May 8, 2019 – The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency, Ltd. (CMRRA), Canada’s leading music reproduction rights collective, today announced the launch of a new Industry Relations team under the leadership of Veronica Syrtash, CMRRA SVP, Business Affairs & Corporate Development. “CMRRA is a world leader […]

Reminder – The Unclaimed Works Portal Is Live

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On February 26, 2019, CMRRA unveiled a new, free online Unclaimed Works Portal powered by CMRRA Direct to give publishers and songwriters the ability to search for unpaid digital uses of their repertoire in Canada. The portal provides easy access to sound recording data aggregated from multiple digital services by the International Standard Recording Code […]