The National Music Publishers’ Association and the Nashville Songwriters Association have moved to exclude Sony Music Entertainment from participating in the Copyright Royalty Board’s proceeding to determine mechanical royalty rates for a variety of services. The NMPA/NSAI argue that because Sony is neither a licensor (i.e. music publishers) nor a…
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BMI, ASCAP Reveal Standardized Cue Sheet Template
Following the development of the joint venture RapidCue, BMI and ASCAP have announced the […]
Sony/ATV revenues fall 12% as its copyright count blasts past 4.2m
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Steven Melrose joins Big Deal Music as SVP, A&R
Former Epic and Island exec teams up with Kenny Macpherson
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Music Dealers Founder Responds To Site’s Demise, Unpaid Artists
Earlier today, we reported that synch licensing site Music Dealers had shut down leaving many artists that made music available through the site upaid. Now, Eric Sheinkop, the founder who raised more than $9 million to fund Music Dealers but has since left to co-found shopping startup desirelist, has responded…
Donald Trumps Own Viral ‘Freedom Kids’ Now Plan Lawsuit Against Trump Campaign
Some may recall the Trump campaign’s singing/dancing ‘Freedom Kids’ from earlier this year. Now it looks as though the group’s organizer will be suing the campaign after its violation of their verbal agreement and repeated failure to properly compensate the performance group. _______________________________ Guest Post by Mike Masnick on Techdirt…
UPDATE: $9 Million Later, Music Dealers Abruptly Shutters Sync Licensing Service, Musicians Go Unpaid
UPDATE: A music tech startup going out of business is often just another sad story. But Music Dealers raised big money and cut big deals. Now it’s founder has moved on to a glitzy new startup co-founded with a former exec of the defunct synch licensing site’s top former clients….
Exclusive: peermusic Comes Full Circle And Full Throttle
Among the gold and platinum sales plaques lining the walls of peermusic’s Nashville outpost […]
Industry Ink: AIMP, Digital RodeoTV, Pennington Entertainment, 44 Designs
The Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) and Fifth Third Bank, with co-sponsorship […]
5 Things Songwriters Must Know About Consent Decrees
In this article we discuss how recent major changes to the federal agreement governing how performing rights organizations like ASCAP, SESAC, and BMI operate has much of the music community up in arms. _______________________________ In a recent posting on MusicThinkTank, Brian Penick breaks down how the consent decree works and…