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Robert Staats Leaves, Constanze Semmelmann Comes

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On 1 July 2026 there is a change at the head of the VG word: The Board of Directors of the Verwertungsgesellschaft has appointed the lawyer Constanze Semmelmann as managing board member. From now on she will work in Munich, initially in a different position.
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On 1 July 2026 there is a change at the head of the VG word: The Board of Directors of the Verwertungsgesellschaft has appointed the lawyer Constanze Semmelmann as managing board member. From now on she will work in Munich, initially in a different position.

Text processing: The VG word gets a new boss in Constanze Semmelmann. She takes up the new position as managing board member of the collecting society in one year and follows Robert Staats, who will then go after 18 years and work as a copyright attorney. Until then, Semmelmann takes over the management of the distribution and licensing division. She previously worked at the Swiss collecting society ProLitteris and has a teaching assignment at t…

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turi2 broke the news in on Friday, July 25, 2025.
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