Last month, National Music Publishers’ Association president David Israelite stated that any challenge to the CRB’s proposed mechanical royalty increases would be ‘declaring war on songwriters‘. Well, if that’s the case, the enemy assault is coming fro…
Category archives: Music Publishing
Sony/ATV Is Now Representing Dolly Parton’s Lucrative Catalog
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has inked a new deal to represent Dolly Parton’s catalog of hits. And this is a fairly substantial signing: the agreement includes songs across Parton’s entire career. Hits like ‘I Will Always Love You,’ ‘9 to 5,’ ‘Jolene,’ ‘…
World’s Largest Music Publishers Offer ‘Full Support of Warner/Chappell’ Against Spotify — Here’s Their Statement
Major music publishers like Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), Sony/ATV, and BMG are solidly backing Warner/Chappell Music in its dispute with Spotify. The demonstration of support is echoing out of Madrid, where the International Confederation o…
US Radio Stations, Restaurants, Spotify, Tech Giants Speak Out on PRO Consent Decrees: ‘They Are More Critical Than Ever’
ASCAP and BMI say they’re stodgy, antiquated laws. But a consortium of radio stations, restaurants, hotels, and and major tech giants like Spotify and Google/Alphabet are defending the Department of Justice’s long-running Consent Decrees as necessary …
The DOJ’s Consent Decrees Might Get Lifted After 78 Years — Here’s a Statement from the CEOs of ASCAP and BMI
The U.S. Department of Justice is seriously considering the removal of 1941-dated performance royalty consent decrees. That’s music — and money — to the ears of mega-PROs ASCAP and BMI, who have spent most of their lives under the restrictive decrees. …
NMPA Urges Members to Support the ‘Industry Consensus’ MLC — ‘We Urgently Need Your Help’
Now that the Music Modernization Act (MMA) is law, who should be implementing it? Maybe passing the Music Modernization Act into law was the easy part. Now, attention has shifted towards critical implementation details, with major publishers arguing th…
The American Mechanical Licensing Collective (AMLC) Isn’t Going Away — Here’s Their Full Statement to the Music Industry
The American Mechanical Licensing Collective (AMLC) says they represent the interests of independent songwriters and rights owners. In fact, they feel they’re addressing a bigger group than the major publisher-backed ‘MLC’. Back in November, we first …
AMLC Makes Case For A More Independent Mechanical Licensing Collective
The Music Modernization Act calls for the creation of a Mechanical Licensing Collective to oversee the blanket mechanical licenses that the new law established. So far, two groups ave applied to the Copyright Royalty Board, who will chose the new collective in July. One group has been spearheaded by the…
SESAC Signs Folk Legend — And Very Active Modern-Day Artist — David Crosby
On February 20th, it was announced that SESAC Performing Rights had signed folk-rock legend David Crosby. John Josephson, who is the Chairman and CEO of SESAC Holdings, Inc. — which is the parent of SESAC Performing Rights — warmly welcomed Crosby. In…
Canadian Music Publisher Ole Acquires Parallel Music Publishing Catalog
Ole, a Canada-based music publishing and production company, has officially acquired Parallel Music Publishing. The deal involves over 6,500 songs and Parallel’s entire catalog, not to mention six songwriters added to ole’s staff. Time Hunze, the cofou…