Los Angeles-based music services agency Beat House has signed a joint venture and worldwide co-publishing deal with Pulse Music Group. Launched earlier this year, Beat House was founded by music industry executive Tiffany Kumar who previously served as Global Head of Songwriter Relations at Spotify. During her tenure with the…
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As Universal Music’s Revenues Explode, Vivendi Starts Appointing Investment Banks to Lead Its 50% Sell-Off
According to a Reuters report, French media conglomerate Vivendi is now appointing a number of investment banks to divest as much as 50% of its share in Universal Music Group. The move coincides with an explosive first-half financial report for UMG. T…
QUICK HITS: Vevo • Merlin • Sweet • Kobalt • Warner Chappell Music
Vevo has hired Scott Anderson as its new SVP of Engineering & Product. Anderson brings with him over 25 years of technology experience and joins from startup Conversa Health, where he helped the healthcare provider through its first rounds of funding. Prior to that, he led mobile engineering at Walmart….
Sony Consolidates Recordings and Publishing Into a Single Company — Introducing ‘Sony Music Group’
The left hand will now communicate with the right hand at Sony Music. Sony Corp. is now attempting to tightly integrate its recording and publishing units, according to an announcement issued this (Wednesday) morning. The tighter corporate structure wi…
U.S. Copyright Office Awards Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) Contract to ‘Industry Consensus’ NMPA Bid
After a heated and contentious battle, the U.S. Copyright Office has chosen its winner to run the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC). The award is going to the aptly-named ‘Mechanical Licensing Collective,’ a coalition created by major music publish…
Downtown Music’s Roberto Neri To Chair UK Publishers Assoc.
Robert Neri, the Executive VP of Downtown Music Publishing, has been named chair of UK trade organization the Music Publishers Association. Neri, who has been a director on the MPA board since 2015, will replace Universal Music Group executive Jackie Alway, who served as chair for four years and will…
Collect All The Revenue Your Recorded Music Can Earn: Pt. I
For a long time, many traditional music industry revenue sources were closed off to the independent artists, but these channels are starting to open up, providing some exciting new income sources for the DIY artists out there – as long as you know how to get them. ___________________________ Guest post…
Kanye West Files Motion to Dismiss EMI Music Publishing’s Countersuit in New York
Taking a jab at Sony Music’s EMI Music Publishing division and Universal Music Group (UMG), Kanye West told his fans artists should have the right to purchase their publishing catalog whenever they want. There’s just one problem. Typically, artists ca…
Hipgnosis Says Its Monster Bets Are Already Paying Off: “There’s More Evidence to Back Our Thesis”
Hipgnosis is paying 10X — or more — on hit-heavy songwriter catalogs. Just months later, the company says its bets are already paying off. Hipgnosis, the UK-based song-rights investment company, is already applauding itself for a successful year one. …
When We Sleep Where Do Our Royalties Go? [VIDEO]
Despite numerous advancements in payment tech, it can still take ages for songwriters to see a penny of their earned revenue, and so AWAL, AMRA and Kobalt are teaming up to do something about it. _________________________ Guest post from AWAL You can Venmo your friend money before you finish this…