Music Publishing

This is not exactly the validation that Terry McBride was looking for. But longtime Nettwerk artist Sarah McLachlan is now leaving, the latest in a string of defectors that includes Avril Lavigne, Sum41, and... Read More...

The emergency funding is in the bag.  So now what? According to details confirmed to Digital Music News on Friday morning, EMI Group - meaning EMI Recorded Music plus EMI Music Publishing - is retreading its... Read More...

EMI is living to see another covenant, but sources continue to point a possible acquisition play on EMI Music Publishing. The time is ripe for a pluck, and joint venture partners KKR and Bertelsmann were rep... Read More...

The recording used to be considered an isolated vortex of pain, reserved for CDs, retailers and overpaid execs. But in 2010, publishing is struggling to stay flat, and even live performance is battling the e... Read More...

After reaffirming a deal with MTV Networks, OurStage is now tying with the resurrected Vibe Magazine. The deal, announced Wednesday morning, finds Vibe tapping the OurStage platform to find and promote undis... Read More...

The messy situation at EMI Group is only getting messier, thanks to a contentious lawsuit between Terra Firma and Citigroup. Now, that legal battle is starting to produce fresh documentation on a deal gone ser... Read More...

ASCAP has caught some backlash for claiming that a ringtone qualifies as a public performance - and therefore, should require extra royalty payments to PROs. The latest claim - lodged recently against AT&... Read More...

Performance rights organization (PRO) ASCAP is now pondering ways to defuse the influence of non-traditional copyright thinkers, according to correspondence shared Thursday with Digital Music News. According... Read More...

Brooklyn-based TuneCore paid participating artists more then $1 million in January, according to information shared by the company on Monday. TuneCore allows artists to directly port content onto digital eco... Read More...