Music Publishing

Sony/ATV’s Reorg Continues — Co-President Danny Strick Is Out

February 5, 2020

Danny Strick (l) departs Jon Platt's (r) Sony/ATV Music Publishing According to a recent report from Variety, Danny Strick is no longer Sony/ATV Music Publishing’s co-president. In a note to Sony/ATV employ... Read More...

BMI Settles Their Rate Dispute With Major Radio Broadcasters — Irving Azoff’s War Continues

Marsha Silva

January 31, 2020

BMI and the RMLC have finally settled their pricing dispute; new deal covers 2017-2021. Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), one of the leading US-based performing rights organizations, has settled a long-running pr... Read More...

Discovery Networks Backtracks On Its Controversial Plan to Ditch Performance Royalties

Marsha Silva

January 27, 2020

After howls of protest, Discovery has backed away from its plan to eliminate U.S. performance royalties for composers. Having faced considerable backlash from composers’ rights groups, Discovery, parent comp... Read More...

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Just Got My Spotify Mechanical Royalty Check In the Mail — $11.06 for 32,222 Plays

Paul Resnikoff

January 23, 2020

Kerry Muzzey is a prolific composer whose work appears in major TV shows, Hollywood film trailers, and Broadway productions. Earlier this week, Muzzey got his mechanical royalty check from Spotify. After fa... Read More...

The Estate of Michael Jackson and BMI Extend Catalog Representation

Ashley King

January 22, 2020

Photo Credit: Heart of Oak / CC by 2.0 The Michael Jackson Estate has inked a renewal agreement with BMI to continue to represent the performing rights in Michael Jackson's songwriting catalog. The new deal ... Read More...

Grateful Dead Publishing Company Inks with Warner Chappell

Colin Cohen

January 17, 2020

Public domain photo of the Grateful Dead Warner Chappell Music has announced that it has concluded a global publishing deal with Ice Nine, which is the Grateful Dead's publishing company. Interestingly, the ... Read More...

Irving Azoff's Global Music Rights Wins Significant Victory in Case against RMLC

Major Radio Broadcasters Lambaste the DOJ for Siding with Irving Azoff’s GMR

Colin Cohen

January 16, 2020

Photo of Irving Azoff In response to the Department of Justice (DOJ) filing an amicus brief in support of Irving Azoff and his long-standing legal battle with the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC), the Nat... Read More...

Warner Chappell Settles Its Long-Running Licensing Dispute with Spotify

Colin Cohen

January 14, 2020

Warner Chappell and Spotify have resolved their long-running licensing dispute in India by signing a global licensing deal. Since February of 2019, Spotify had been operating its music streaming service in I... Read More...

Hipgnosis Songs Acquires 157-Song Catalog of Blink 182’s Tom DeLonge

Colin Cohen

January 7, 2020

Photo of Tom DeLonge by A Savin (CC by 3.0) The Hipgnosis Songs Fund has acquired 100% of the rights to the 157-song catalog of Blink-182 co-founder Tom DeLonge. The acquisition not only includes songs from ... Read More...

Concord Music Publishing Acquires Russian and Soviet Specialist Sikorski Music

Concord Secures a Major Stake in Pulse Music Group

Colin Cohen

January 7, 2020

Concord Music Publishing has acquired an interest in the Pulse Music Group, resulting in the formation of a joint venture between the two companies. Under the deal, Pulse will continue operating under its ow... Read More...

‘Friends’ Theme Song Writer Allee Willis Dies at 72

Colin Cohen

December 25, 2019

Photo of Allee Willis Grammy-Award songwriter Allee Willis, who wrote hit songs as well as the theme song to Friends, has died at the age of 72 of cardiac arrest. While Willis co-wrote several classic Earth,... Read More...

Thanks to Streaming, Songs Have Become Shorter

Kanye West Is Getting Hauled Back into Court by EMI Music Publishing

Colin Cohen

December 24, 2019

Photo of Kanye West by Pieter Jannick Dijkstra EMI Music Publishing is asking a New York federal court judge to reopen their long-standing legal battle with rapper Kanye West because the two parties could not... Read More...

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Sony/ATV’s Reorg Continues — Co-President Danny Strick Is Out

BMI Settles Their Rate Dispute With Major Radio Broadcasters — Irving Azoff’s War Continues

Discovery Networks Backtracks On Its Controversial Plan to Ditch Performance Royalties

Just Got My Spotify Mechanical Royalty Check In the Mail — $11.06 for 32,222 Plays

The Estate of Michael Jackson and BMI Extend Catalog Representation

Grateful Dead Publishing Company Inks with Warner Chappell

Major Radio Broadcasters Lambaste the DOJ for Siding with Irving Azoff’s GMR

Warner Chappell Settles Its Long-Running Licensing Dispute with Spotify

Hipgnosis Songs Acquires 157-Song Catalog of Blink 182’s Tom DeLonge

Concord Secures a Major Stake in Pulse Music Group

‘Friends’ Theme Song Writer Allee Willis Dies at 72

Kanye West Is Getting Hauled Back into Court by EMI Music Publishing