The Week In Music Publishing 4.6.12
Great news from the UK with the PRS for Music reporting a 3.2% rise in royalties to £630.8 million ($1 billion) in 2011. Royalties from online streaming services like Spotify and iTunes. Continue reading
The Week In Music Publishing 3.30.12
The Big Stories In an interview on Grand Rapids, MI radio station WGRD, Black Keys' drummer Patrick Carney went on a rant about Napster-founder and Spotify-board member Sean Parker, calling. Continue reading
The Week In Music Publishing 3.22.12
EMI has sued Lil' Wayne's record label Cash Money over the royalty payments from the rapper's recently released Tha Carter III. This is the second time EMI has sued Cash Money –. Continue reading
The Week In Music Publishing: March 9, 2012
This Week's Top 5 Stories SESAC is hastening domestic/terrestrial radio performance royalty payments to monthly distributions – as opposed to the traditional quarterly model. The change will kick off in. Continue reading
How Major Music Companies Are Getting Your Royalties: The Global Songwriter Shell Game
Guest post by Jeff Price, Founder & CEO of TuneCore. While the major music companies' revenue from music sales has gone down, they have a brand new increasing income stream:. Continue reading
The Week In Music Publishing 3.2.12
(UPDATED) '80s band Toto has filed a suit in U.S. District Court against Sony Music for failing to pay the entitled 50% of net receipts from licensing the band's music to third. Continue reading
Impala Comes Out Swinging Against EMI Pub Deal That Would Give Sony “Excessive Power”
Just hours after formerly Sony asked European regulators to review its proposed purchase of EMI's publishing arm, European independent music trade group Impala has confirmed its opposition to to a. Continue reading
The Week In Music Publishing 2.17.12
With the untimely death of Whitney Houston, album sales of her music are set to bring in millions of additional dollars over the coming weeks. Whitney's biggest smash hit I Will. Continue reading
LyricFind CEO Darryl Ballantyne On Geographic & Digital Expansion
LyricFind recently announced a partnership with The Echo Nest to bring lyrics to the Rosetta Stone Platform and also announced global licensing agreements with all four major music publishers. I. Continue reading
SESAC Is For Sale, #3 U.S. Performing Rights Firm Could Fetch $500 Million
SESAC, the for-profit alternative to non-profit performing rights collection organizations ASCAP & BMI, is for sale. A number of marquee artists including Bob Dylan and Lady Antebellum use the company. Continue reading
