The ongoing dispute between Sony Music Entertainment and the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) on the rate proceedings for mechanical royalties has finally come to a resolution.
The NMPA, the ...
On January 1, 2000 after celebrating the New Year in Brazil with friends on a remote beach, Bruno Guez went for a swim. As he dived into the water, his ...
Apple Music hits 15m subscribers
Apple Music now has 15 million paying subscribers, the company revealed at WWDC 2016 in San Francisco. As part of its preview of iOS 10, ...
Catfish And The Bottlemen's The Ride held off Spotify
Catfish And The Bottlemen are holding back sophomore album The Ride from Spotify on its release today, but the Island Records ...
Bon Jovi return to UMG
Bon Jovi will release their new album This House Is Not For Sale, in partnership with Island/Universal Music Group. The record will mark the band’s return ...
BPI chief Geoff Taylor has warned “something is fundamentally broken” in the music market after sales revenues dipped despite a record year for British music.
British artists’ share of domestic ...
PRS For Music CEO Robert Ashcroft has declared 2015 “a great, great year” for the collection society, after it reported record revenue figures.
The performance rights body brought in a ...
SoundCloud to roll out subscription service
Following the multi-territory European licensing agreement signed with publishing giant Sony/ATV Music in April, SoundCloud finally has “everyone aligned” to launch its subscription service ...
US performance rights for sound recordings SoundExchange has announced total year-end royalty payments reaching $802.6 million (up 4% from $773.4 million in 2014).
Overall, SoundExchange - whose sister company in ...
