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# QUICK HITS: Greenberg joins SoundCloud • MLC collects $2B • TuneCore + PreSonus • ViNIL
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/quick-hits-greenberg-joins-soundcloud-mlc-collects-2b-tunecore-presonus-vinil/
- Published: 2024-04-05T12:44:55.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-05T12:44:59.000Z
- Description: Marni Greenberg has exited Sofar Sounds to become SoundCloud’s SVP and Head of Communications…..
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, MLC, music, music industry, musician, musicians, PreSonus, Soundcloud, Tunecore, ViNIL, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

**Marni Greenberg** has exited **Sofar Sounds** to become **SoundCloud**‘s SVP and Head of Communications.

Prior to Sofar, she was Head of Music Communications at YouTube and Head of Product and Partnership Communications at Spotify.

• The **Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC)** announced that its total royalties distributed have now exceeded **$2 billion.** The MLC reached this milestone three years after beginning full operations.

The MLC also announced that it has filed its initial submission to the **United States Copyright Office** in connection with the first periodic review of the designation of The MLC and Digital Licensee Coordinator (DLC) by the Register of Copyrights.

**• Believe**\-owned **TuneCore** and **PreSonus** have just announced a new integration allowing music creators to distribute their music directly from within **PreSonus Studio One** DAW to digital stores and streaming platforms.

As a **promotional offering** supporting the new partnership, Studio One+ subscribers joining TuneCore will receive an exclusive code for 50% off of Rising, Breakout, and Professional plans for their first year after signup, and existing TuneCore artists will receive an exclusive code for 25% off of their first year of Studio One+ Hybrid.

• **ViNIL,** a Nashville-based tech startup working to address the problem of deep fakes, officially launched at SXSW

ViNIL allows musicians to certify that any artificial intelligence-generated content has been created with their permission.

**Bruce Houghton**