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Spotify Comes Out Swinging in Phono V Filings, Defending Phono IV as ‘A Success for the Industry’ and Calling for ‘A Clean Continuation’ of the Current Rates

Dylan Smith

October 14, 2026

Primary Wave Inks Catalog Deal With The Verve Pipe’s Brian Vander Ark — Including ‘The Freshmen,’ ‘Photograph,’ and More

Dylan Smith

October 13, 2026

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After a Brief Shocker by Apple Music, Spotify Regains Supremacy in the US-Based Subscriber Race. Here’s the Latest DSP Subscriber Data for H1 2026.

Paul Resnikoff

October 7, 2026

Word Collections collects publisher royalties outside the US

Apple, Amazon, Spotify, and YouTube Are Now Paying All Songwriter/Publisher Royalties Directly to Word Collections on Behalf of Clients in Territories Outside the U.S.

Ashley King

October 7, 2026

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Spotify and Other Streaming Giants Are ‘Looking Forward to a Timely Resolution’ of the Phono V Proceedings. But Is an Ugly, Drawn-Out Rate-Setting Battle Inevitable?

Dylan Smith

October 7, 2026

Ahead of what could prove a dragged-out rate-setting clash, DSPs including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Qobuz have responded to the newly submitted Phonorecords V mechanical rate proposal. We exc... Read More...

Time for a Simpler Mechanical? Bernie Taupin, Songwriters Guild of America, Word Collections, Others Backing a $0.003 Uniform Per-Play Rate In the US

Dylan Smith

October 6, 2026

Is it time to put overly complex (and easily exploitable) mechanical rate formulas in the rearview? Organizations including the Songwriters Guild of America (SGA) believe so, and they’re now backing a Phonore... Read More...

The MLC Tees Up First Multimillion-Dollar ‘Black Box’ Royalty Distribution for April 2027; Major Pubs Expecting Small Fortunes Based on ‘Relative Market Shares’

Dylan Smith

October 6, 2026

The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) is officially set to begin distributing a sizable pile of unmatched and unclaimed “black box” royalties in April 2027. The MLC disclosed the distribution timetable ... Read More...

You Wrote the Music. Who Gets the Value? A Special Interview With One of the Most Influential Figures In Music Publishing

Michael Whalen

October 5, 2026

You can spend three weeks getting a melody right and three minutes clicking through the music publishing agreement that determines who gets paid for it. That imbalance should bother everyone who writes music.... Read More...

What Your Music Data Doesn’t Know Could Be Costing You Money

Eric Baptiste

October 5, 2026

Data quality in the music business is no longer just an administrative concern — it's a revenue issue. When repertoire and rights information is incomplete, inconsistent, or poorly reconciled across the ecosy... Read More...

Major Labels, NMPA, and Others Defend Their ‘Eminently Reasonable’ Phono V Settlement Proposal in Response to CRB Questions

Dylan Smith

October 5, 2026

It’s high time the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) judges approved the proposed Phonorecords V settlement – at least according to the major labels, the NMPA, and the other signatories, which are defending the “... Read More...

Sia’s Catalog Snags a Cool $180 Million for a 50% Share; Pophouse Has Big Plans Ahead

Paul Resnikoff

October 1, 2026

Stockholm-based entertainment and music investment powerhouse Pophouse Entertainment has officially acquired a 50% stake in the publishing and master recording rights of Australian singer-songwriter Sia, per ... Read More...

A Two-Week Royalty Run Reduced to Hours—Minds on Fire’s Tipalti Success Story

Ashley King

September 28, 2026

Independent UK music publisher Minds on Fire used Tipalti’s Mass Payments to eliminate invoice-chasing, speed up their international royalty runs, and scale its global roster without growing its finance team.... Read More...

Partisan Takes a Majority Stake in Alex Sheridan’s OTM Music, Formally Debuts ‘An Expanded Independent Publishing Operation’

Dylan Smith

September 24, 2026

Partisan Music has officially become a majority partner in Alex Sheridan’s OTM Music, which is set to absorb the investing company’s Left Music team and roster to form “an expanded independent publishing oper... Read More...

Primary Wave Inks Catalog and NIL Partnership Deal With the Estate of ‘Addicted to Love’ Singer-Songwriter Robert Palmer

Dylan Smith

September 23, 2026

Primary Wave has partnered with the estate of Robert Palmer under a deal extending to the “Bad Case of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)” artist’s catalog and all-important name, image, and likeness rights. The P... Read More...

ValuePunks Extends Free Catalog Valuations to Publishing

Ashley King

September 22, 2026

ValuePunks, the catalog valuation platform built by Swiss music technology company Tribe Music Group AG, is extending its offering into publishing this week. This free valuation gives songwriters, composers, ... Read More...

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Spotify and Other Streaming Giants Are ‘Looking Forward to a Timely Resolution’ of the Phono V Proceedings. But Is an Ugly, Drawn-Out Rate-Setting Battle Inevitable?

Time for a Simpler Mechanical? Bernie Taupin, Songwriters Guild of America, Word Collections, Others Backing a $0.003 Uniform Per-Play Rate In the US

The MLC Tees Up First Multimillion-Dollar ‘Black Box’ Royalty Distribution for April 2027; Major Pubs Expecting Small Fortunes Based on ‘Relative Market Shares’

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