{"id":19999,"date":"2026-09-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/warner-chappell-music-partners-with-frances-kidding-aside\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T00:00:00","slug":"warner-chappell-music-partners-with-frances-kidding-aside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/warner-chappell-music-partners-with-frances-kidding-aside\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner Chappell Music Partners With France\u2019s Kidding Aside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/david-goldsen-promoted-to-evp-ar-for-warner-chappell-music\/\">Warner Chappell Music<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.warnerchappell.com\">WCM<\/a>)<\/strong> has signed a global partnership with <strong>Kidding Aside<\/strong>, a Paris-based independent electronic music company.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement coincides with the appointment of <strong>Nicolas Klersy<\/strong> as Partner of <strong>Kidding Aside Publishing<\/strong>, the company&#8217;s newly created publishing division. 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