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“Melodiya” record company successfully closed the fund raising campaign for the release of Stas Namin and the “Flowers” album
In less than two weeks, members of the Co-Fi crowdfunding platform raised 160,000 rubles for the release of the album on three discs “Best Songs in 50 Years”. The set will be a collectible box containing recordings of three anniversary concerts. The number of copies is limited – there will be only 300 copies available…
“Melodiya” record studio has published a recording of the Moscow Chamber Orchestra concert, which has been in the archives for 55 years
On April 20, 1966, in the Great Hall of the Conservatory, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra conducted by Rudolf Barshai performed one of the most popular orchestral pieces by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor. That live recording has never been published; it has been archived for over half a century. Only…
How the Co-Fi platform works
The Internet media “Snob” studied online crowdlending platforms using the Co-Fi platform as an example. This is a platform that helps to attract investment for projects in the creative industry secured by intellectual property. But the general principle of crowdlending platforms, no matter what projects they work with, is in many ways similar. An application…
The State Support Saved Broadcasters
The 2020 pandemic year hurt many areas of our lives. Radio broadcasting was included in the list of the most affected industries. In Russia state support measures allowed the radio broadcasters to survive, keep their creative teams, and save approximately 500 million rubles. What was included in the state support package? Concessional loan with the…
“Melodiya” Record Company Presents a parade of plays “Aromorphosi”
The digital album entitled “Aromorphosi” released by “Melodiya” Record Company is the Russian premiere of the pianist Vladimir Ivanov-Rakievsky program. Musician and educator Vladimir Ivanov-Rakievsky chose for his album the title associated with the theory of evolution. Aromorphosis in biology contributes to the development of new territories and ecological niches, the emergence of new animals…
IPQUORUM 2021 business program announced: Tech for Content
The boom in online education, fierce opposition from IT giants, multimillion views of dancing videos, and messengers as digital shelters are just a few of the persistent technological trends. All of these are more or less related to the production, distribution, and monetization of content. How to ensure growth of digital products? What technologies are…
Focus on content: IPQUORUM 2021 brings together leaders of the creative economy in Skolkovo
The key event of the year in the development of creative industries and intellectual property – IPQuorum 2021 – will take place on April 26-27 in Technopark at Skolkovo Innovation Center in the format Tech for Content. The focus of the business program is new technologies for production, distribution, and monetization of content: from cinema…
The Federation of Creative Industries is founded in Russia
On February 24, the first meeting of the founders of the new organization, the Federation of Creative Industries, took place. The Federation was created with the participation of the Committee of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs on Intellectual Property and Creative Industries. The federation includes more than twenty professional organizations, creative unions and…
Music hits have been compared to gold and oil
Canadian singer, songwriter and rock musician Neil Young, a member of the super band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, sold the rights to all of his 1,180 songs to the investment company Hipgnosis Songs Fund. The details of the agreement were not disclosed, but Music Business Worldwide suggests that the deal amounted to $150 million,…
