Despite boosting distributions, the Spanish collecting society has struggled with scandals and transparency. After 30 years as a member of Spain’s General Society of Authors and Editors (SGAE), Antonio Onetti, a 58-year-old playwright and screenwriter from Sevilla, in southern Spain, was named the gigantic organization's seventh president in a decade.
Onetti takes over an organization mired in scandal and controversy. After a series of investigations over SGAE’s collection and management of royalties, CISAC, the International Confederation of Authors' Societies, expelled the Spanish society last year.
The SGAE board tapped Onetti last week to lead the organization after ousting Pilar Jurado in April, after she served as president for 15