One of the day's highlights was a panel that discussed maximizing overseas royalties collection featuring executives from the Harry Fox Agency, SESAC, AMRA and more.
Distributions at the French collective management organization were up 17% while its cost ratio was 10.76%, the lowest in CMO's history.
Spotify should reverse course on its audiobook bundling strategy immediately and find cost savings that don’t decimate the revenue of millions of American songwriters.
The streamer’s decision to reclassify its premium subscription as a bundled service is a misguided and unfair reading of the Phonorecords IV agreement.
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.
The Mechanical Licensing Collective expects another $10 to $15 million to be added to the total once additional reports come in from DSPs.
Report by U.K.’s Intellectual Property Office says the introduction of a new streaming royalty for session musicians risks seeing labels invest less on signing artists.
Kelce’s celebratory interpretation of the Elvis Presley hit’s chorus counted as a public performance of the classic tune.
Though the late country star receded from the spotlight somewhat over the last decade, his hit-filled catalog kept his earnings strong to the present day.
Last year's payments to rights holders may have accounted for 20% of the value of global music copyright.
