Lauren Davis has been promoted to affiliate chair of New York College’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. She is going to work alongside Nick Sansano, chair of the Clive Davis Institute.

Davis is a highly-experienced music lawyer who has represented high-profile musicians, producers and publishers, amongst others. She’s been instructing at NYU since 2006 and served as the school senator on NYU’s School Council for six years. (Lauren Davis can also be Clive Davis’ daughter.)

Davis began her time at NYU instructing authorized and enterprise elements of the music {industry} to varsity college students. She has additionally lectured on social entrepreneurship and advancing fairness and inclusion in music.

Davis added in an announcement, “It’s been a privilege to show and put together the subsequent technology of music-industry leaders for the previous 18 years. I’m excited to roll up my sleeves, work with Nick and assist steer the Clive Davis Institute’s progress and enlargement within the years forward.”

+ Audius has inked a multi-territory licensing settlement with Worldwide Copyright Enterprise (ICE). The brand new deal will permit over 330,000 rights holders to obtain royalties the place their music is used on Audius throughout a broad territorial footprint, together with sub-Saharan Africa and Asia Pacific.

“ICE is likely one of the most forward-thinking know-how gamers in royalty assortment and distribution,” stated Shamal Ranasinghe, chief enterprise officer at Audius. “Establishing an settlement with them ensures that 1000’s of artists, songwriters and different rights holders world wide can start incomes royalties through Audius’ world music market.”

Audius has signed offers with a variety of vital gamers in music publishing and performing rights during the last a number of months, together with Kobalt, ASCAP, BMI, SESAC and GMR, to call a couple of. These new offers give songwriters, artists and different rights holders the flexibility to generate income inside Audius’ music market, which empowers followers to help their favourite artists through direct U.S. greenback funds.

+ The Latin Grammy Cultural Basis has introduced Warner Music Latina will sponsor its Prodigy Scholarship towards a bachelor’s diploma at Berklee School of Music.

The scholarship will cowl tuition and room and board for the 2025 fall semester, in addition to wrap round providers offered by the Basis. It’s the first time within the scholarship’s decade lengthy historical past that will probably be sponsored by a document label.

“This partnership embodies one among our core values: to domesticate mental and creative potential by eradicating obstacles that always impede distinctive musicians from realizing their imaginative and prescient,” stated Alejandro Duque, president of Warner Music Latin America. “By means of strategic academic help we’re not simply investing in particular person careers, however within the broader cultural panorama of musical innovation.”

Roberto Andrade, managing director of Warner Music Latina, added, “At Warner Music Latina, we’re proud to help younger expertise via this scholarship. By empowering aspiring musicians, we’re investing within the voices that can form tomorrow’s soundtrack. That is greater than a chance – it’s a dedication to creativity, expertise and the way forward for music.”

As well as, a number of scholarships can be found for music college students between the ages of 17 and 25 with a ardour for Latin music and monetary limitations.

The Latin Grammy Cultural Basis is now accepting functions for all 2025 scholarships till April 10.