TONO is 85 years old!

Minister of Culture Thorhild Widvey congratulates TONO on his birthday:

– TONO has had an invaluable impact on Norwegian composers, songwriters and music publishers throughout its 85 years. TONO facilitates the use of music in Norwegian society, and ensures that authors are paid fairly for the use of their works. In this way, TONO has stimulated the creation of ever-new music, to the delight of the entire society. I congratulate TONO, all Norwegian authors and the Norwegian people on TONO's 85th anniversary, she says. TONO manages the world repertoire of music in Norway, but not least, as of November 2013, more than 24,000 Norwegians who write music belong to TONO. This includes everything from our most famous and popular composers and songwriters to those who write songs for the hobby band or local choir: – TONO is today in many ways a popular movement of composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers. What they all have in common is a great commitment to expressing themselves through music and lyrics, and to enriching other people's lives with what is on their hearts, says TONO CEO Cato Strøm. TONO is one of the leading music management companies in the world with a solid and well-established apparatus, good international relations, a large membership and customer base and an active partner with providers of music on the Internet, where music consumption is increasingly taking place:

– In TONO's 85th year, I am pleased to be able to say that TONO is among the management companies in Europe that have succeeded in adapting to the changing conditions that the digital everyday life has challenged us with. This could not have happened without skilled employees and dedicated elected composers, lyricists and music publishers. I would also like to mention the importance of a Nordic collaboration where, by working together, we have developed "state of the art" systems that enable efficient rights management across borders, he says. Cato Strøm, CEO of TONO, e-mail: , mob: 922 16 319 Willy Martinsen, Head of Communications, e-mail: , mob. 909 65,254