The streamer's users will have access to Audible under one price tag, though the company is taking a different tack than Spotify did with its own bundled plans.
Bailey Zimmerman, Breland, Hailey Whitters and Jordan Davis performed during the celebration.
The New York event honored songwriters including Lana Del Rey, featured a fireside chat with WMG CEO Robert Kyncl and revealed the organization's latest moves against Spotify.
Savan Kotecha will receive the Non-Performing Songwriter Icon Award
The NMPA's letter arrives just a week after The MLC filed a lawsuit against Spotify for "improperly" cutting royalties for songwriters and publishers.
NMPA president and CEO David Israelite pushes back on Spotify's "potentially unlawful" move to reclassify its service.
A period of "relative peace" between the industry and Spotify appears to be over.
"Spotify appears to be engaged in direct infringement by hosting unlicensed musical works in its lyrics, videos and podcasts," the NMPA writes.
The NMPA-founded songwriter foundation adds top hitmakers Dan Wilson, Lauren Christy, Allison Russell and more to its board of directors.
The Digital Media Association and National Music Publishers’ Association have conflicting views on the organization’s operations and efficiency as it hits its five-year anniversary.
