Tag
royalties
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
ASCAP, Other Royalties Groups Look to Blockchain to Track Industry Data
Properly tracking royalty metadata has always been a sticking point for the music industry. But a new prototype…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Music Publishers Association Scores YouTube Deal
To cap out a year in which music-royalty issues were commonly covered in the press, the National Music…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Spotify Cuts Deal With Music Publishers Over Lost Royalties
In a groundbreaking settlement with the National Music Publishers’ Association, Spotify has pledged to pay at least $21…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Drop the MIC: Artists Push Apple to Leave Trade Group
The musicFIRST coalition, a group of musicians and record labels that focuses on protecting artist royalties, says Apple…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Spotify: Groups Respond to Streaming-Music Controversies
A label’s music yanked from Spotify highlights the debate over internet payments to artists and efforts to align…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Music Publishing Groups Have New Competitor
With the backing of a legendary music-industry manager, for-profit Global Music Rights has managed to attract dozens of…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
The Album’s Future: Where Taylor Swift and the RIAA See Eye-to-Eye
Taylor Swift got a few knocks over a recent column she wrote about the future of the music…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Indie Labels Square Off With YouTube on Royalties
Trade groups representing the independent music industry both globally and in the United States say the Google-owned video…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Music Publishing Groups Go Under Justice Department Microscope
With a lingering conflict over songwriter royalties playing out with online radio provider Pandora, the Justice Department announced…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Auction Houses, Visual Artists Grapple Over Royalties
House bill that would pay U.S. artists royalties on resold pieces of their fine art is facing opposition…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Rockers (Including David Byrne) Say Radio Needs to Fix Royalties
A number of popular musicians, most notably David Byrne, say that the industry's failure to pay recording artists…
