One Liners: Britney Spears & Elton John, GESAC, Gaz Coombes, more

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DEALSSony Music Publishing has signed actor Dove Cameron to a new deal. “I’m so excited to be joining the Sony Music Publishing family where they continue to grow and support me as an artist and a songwriter”, she says. “With this partnership, I look forward to bringing my fans music that can become the soundtrack to their lives”.————————————————–LABELS & PUBLISHERSGESAC – the pan-European grouping for song right collecting societies – has published a new report on streaming.

We’ll run through its key findings in tomorrow’s CMU Daily, but you can download a copy for yourself here.————————————————–EDUCATION & EVENTSClassic Album Sundays and Resident Advisor have teamed up for a new event called Producer Pioneers, which will celebrate female music producers with a series of on stage interviews.

Kicking off in October at Colour Factory in London, Honey Dijon, Flava D, Lucinda Chua and Emma-Jean Thackray will all discuss their careers.

Find out more here.————————————————–RELEASESBritney Spears and Elton John have released the video for ‘Hold Me Closer’. “This was an emotional one for me as I grew up with Britney”, says director Tanu Muino. “After seeing ‘Slave For You’, I decided that I wanted to become a video director.