• Potential Strike by PSAC CBSA Members
• Online platforms required to contribute to the financing of local cultural content: CDCE applauds this first major step
• AFM Appoints New Vice President from Canada
• Artisti ready to step-up for MROC performers as their society considers winding-down
• Announcing the loss of American Federation of Musicians Vice President from Canada Alan Willaert
• Music Performance Trust Fund Student Scholarships
• Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Celebrates 75th Anniversary of the Recording Industry’s Music Performance Trust Fund, Hailing “Unmatched” Commitment to Support Canadian and U.S. Musicians
• Coalition of Canadian Entertainment Unions Congratulate Heritage Minister Rodriguez
• Canada’s unions call on new federal government to prioritize reconciliation on of first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
• CDCE Press Release: Analysis of political parties' platforms and commitments - 2021 federal elections
• Archive

The Sound Recording Special Payments Fund Announces a Special Distribution based on a $7,785,000 Settlement with Major Record Companies

From the Sound Recording Special Payments Fund website: The Fund will make a special distribution on May 15, 2013, based on a settlement with certain major record companies of all audit claims through 2011. Under the terms of the settlement, the amount is required to be treated as if it had been received by the Fund in 10 equal amounts over the years 2002 – 2011, and is payable to musicians whom were eligible for a payment for those distribution years. See the website for the full story and a letter from Fund Administrator V. Robert DiPaola: Sound Recording Special Payments Fund Announces Payments