Category archives: publishing

Music Publishing News Roundup: YouTube • NMPA Dubset Deal • Indie Publishers Join Forces

YouTube has built a new open-source implementation and validation tool that will deliver more accurate reporting of music content to music publishers and collection societies. MORE: The business’ customized adoption of the industry’s standard format for digital licensees to report sales and usage to music licensors will lower the cost…

12 Really Bad Ideas Raised At The Copyright Office’s DMCA Roundtable Discussions

With a copyright reform bill anticipated in the near future, the Copyright Office has been holding a series of roundtable talks which it will use to support its alterations to copyright law. Unfortunately, many of the ideas raised thus far are more than a little troubling. _______________________________ Guest Post by…

YouTube Adopting New Tool For Faster, More Accurate Royalty Payments

Good news for artists on YouTube, it looks as though the service will soon be implementing a new data standardization tool which will help artists get clearer information regarding views and payments, as well as providing more accurate and efficient royalty accounting. _______________________________ Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music…

Adele Tops Ivor Novello Songwriting Awards 2016 Winners

Adele took top honors as Songwriter of the Year at Britain’s prestigious Ivor Novello songwriting awards on Thursday night.. Adele, who won the award this year for her her third album, "25," took home the same award in 2012 for her last album, "21." Other winners for the night included…

Deadline Nears For $50,000 USA Songwriting Competition

The May 27th deadline is approaching to enter the 21st Annual USA Songwriting Competition. This year’s top prize is $50,000 in cash and merchandise. _________________________________________ The USA Songwriting Competition has been honoring songwriters from all over the world including Australia, Japan, Canada, UK, Germany, Brazil, South Africa and the USA….