Willard Ahdritz expects Kobalt’s newly announced digital collection society to have signed a major publishing client within 12 months.

The global, direct, digital mechanical and performing rights society was unveiled by Kobalt on Monday, and is based on the American Music Rights Association (AMRA), which Kobalt acquired last year.

It will license AMRA publisher members’ Anglo-American repertoire to DSPs operating in multiple territories as well as collect writers’ share of public performance monies. Single territory digital music services will ...