Last week, DMN first reported on the formation of the American Music Licensing Collective, or AMLC, which is focused on fulfilling the duties the MMA’s Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC). Now, that group has quickly lost a pair of board members, for…
Category archives: Music Publishing
Juice WRLD — Who Was Uploading Songs to SoundCloud In 2015 — Inks a Global Publishing Deal With BMG
Chicago rapper Juice WRLD has signed a global publishing agreement with BMG. The deal handles all of the rapper’s current catalog of music and any future releases. Juice WRLD made his debut in the industry with Goodbye & Good Riddance, which featu…
Hipgnosis Songs Strikes Again — This Time Buying 100% of Poo Bear’s Hit Catalog
Justin Bieber, Usher, David Guetta, DJ Khaled, Chris Brown, Fifth Harmony, JLo, and Skrillex. These are just some of the artists with songs penned by Poo Bear, aka Jason Boyd. Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited (HSFL), headed by Merck Mercuriadis, has been …
Sony Has Officially Acquired EMI Music Publishing. Officially.
Officially, Sony has completed its acquisition of EMI Music Publishing. Unofficially, expect the Japanese conglomerate to dwarf the competition – including indies – in the music publishing space. You probably know the story by now. In 2012, alongside …
Keith Richards the Soloist Inks a Worldwide Deal With BMG
BMG has inked a new deal with Keith Richards that will bring his entire solo catalog to the diversified music company. Even Mick Jagger couldn’t pull off a solo career. But Keith Richards attempts are now part of a brand-new deal with BMG. Richards’ s…
Billie Eilish Inks a Co-Publishing Deal With Universal Music Publishing Group
Universal Music Group has announced a co-publishing deal with the meteoric Billie Eilish. The 16-year-old singer is currently working on her debut album for Darkroom/Interscope. Eilish’s song, “Ocean Eyes,” appeared on SoundCloud and rocketed Eilish t…
Canadian Independent Publisher Ole Acquires a 50% Ownership Stake In SB21
Independent music publisher ole has reached a deal with SB21 Music Publishing to acquire 50% ownership of its music catalog. The Canadian publisher will also control all songwriter contracts and administration rights to the full catalog, according to d…
Spotify Unveils Publishing Analytics Platform
Spotify continues to build on its analytics platform, this time for publishers. Several months ago, Spotify unveiled a new feature on its For Artists platform – free direct uploads. Bridging the gap between artists and the streaming music service, musi…
Spotify Music Publishing Analytics Launches In Beta
Spotify has launched Publishing Analytics in beta. Dubbed the first music streaming analytics tool built specifically for music publishers, the platform was developed in collaboration with a range of publishers to service the various roles that publishers play from A&R to administration. Spotify Publishing Analytics provides music publishers with daily…
Pulse Music Group’s Jason Bernard Is Exiting to Build a New Entertainment Venture
Veteran music executive Jason Bernard is departing Pulse Music Group to start his own as-yet-unnamed venture. Bernard was instrumental in establishing Pulse Music Group, which has grown to become one of the most successful management teams in the busin…