Music industry executives and trade bodies have welcomed the passing of the Music Modernisation Act by the House of Representatives.
The bill won bipartisan support for the need to update ...
The Digital Music Association (DiMA) and Association of Independent Publishers (AIMP) have welcomed the introduction of the Music Modernization Act in the US Congress.
The legislation would reform the music ...
PPL has announced a record quarterly international payment to its members. Music Week broke the news in our interview with chief executive Peter Leathem in the latest issue.
The ...
January 1996. Charlottesville, Virginia is blanketed in snow, in the midst of what’s now known as the North American Blizzard of ‘96. Somewhere downtown, Darius Van Arman is stranded in ...
In the days when the music business was awash with cash, it usually treated neighbouring rights income as you might treat finding loose change down the back of the sofa: ...
Warner Music Group executive Ron Wilcox has been appointed to the board of directors of US neighbouring rights society SoundExchange.
Wilcox is WMG's counsel, business affairs, strategic and digital initiatives. ...
Royalty distributions by US neighbouring rights society SoundExchange have reached an all-time high in 2016.
The Washington, DC-based non-profit society has announced year-end royalty payments of $884 million, an increase ...
In line with the UK, 2016 was a good year for music in the United States. Music consumption not only followed the upward trend registered the year before, when streaming ...
A new platform, the ISRC Search Site, will provide access to the largest database of identifiers of sound recordings. The project is the result of a joint partnership between the London-based International ...
‘Fifth Beatle’ Sir George Martin dies, aged 90
Producer George Martin, considered the ‘Fifth Beatle’ for his work with the band, has passed away at the age of 90. Drummer ...
