News SESAC wins 10.4% increase in royalties collected from US radio Both SESAC and radio station group RMLC are painting the outcome of arbitration as a win
News Global songwriter royalty collections rose 7.6% to $12.7bn in 2023, CISAC reports In its latest report, CISAC sees a slowdown in digital revenue growth ahead, and calls for regulation of AI.
News The MLC nears $2.5bn in royalty distributions to songwriters and publishers since 2021 The MLC's royalty payout count has increased by $1bn in just one year
News As Sony prepares to buy Queen’s catalog for over $1 billion, band’s annual revenue comes in at $49 million Queen's royalty earnings have slipped since last year, but that doesn't seem to be a sign the band's popularity is fading
News 7 in 10 musical artists dissatisfied with streaming music payouts, survey finds The level of dissatisfaction is actually lower than it was a few years ago, an IAO survey found
Analysis News Epidemic Sound has courted controversy over its ‘buy-out deals’. Here’s exactly how the company pays artists… MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points
News UK politicians call for changes in streaming royalty split between recorded music and publishing; compensation for use of materials in training AI The recommendations have received a mixed reaction from music industry stakeholders
News IMPALA sides with UMG in TikTok dispute, calls on Spotify, Apple, Deezer to address ‘negative consequences’ of royalty changes Europe’s trade association for indie labels says there is “an urgent need to secure fair revenues” from services like TikTok
News Songwriters and publishers to receive nearly $400m payout after streaming royalty ruling in the US The MLC calculates that streaming giants like Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube, underpaid songwriters and publishers by $419.2 million in 2021-2022
News Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus and Quincy Jones join strategic funding round for royalty platform, Salt Salt claims that its platform will help songwriters access the so-called ‘Black Boxes’ of unclaimed or misallocated royalties
News Beggars Group, Secretly, Partisan Records among indie labels pushing back against Apple Music’s higher payouts for Spatial Audio (report) "The new deal will badly impact our revenues," an indie record label executive says
News Universal prevails in lawsuit alleging it owed artists $750m in Spotify royalties A US District Court judge has ruled that UMG had 'wide discretion' in negotiating royalty rates with Spotify
News PRS for Music’s latest quarterly distribution was $288.7m, its ‘largest single royalty payment’ to date The figure represents a 13% jump compared to last year’s October distribution
News SoundExchange sues SiriusXM over alleged $150m in unpaid royalties owed to artists and rightsholders 'SiriusXM has and continues to wrongfully exploit the rules to significantly underpay the satellite royalties that it owes,' said SoundExchange President and CEO Michael Huppe
Analysis News Queen shows no sign of fading into history as band’s earnings jump 4.3% to $50m in 2022 Latest annual report published by Queen Productions Ltd.