Warner Chappell Music In The News

Spotify says it can’t pay songwriters better royalty rates. It’s also spending $320 million on a Barcelona sponsorship deal.

Agreement with Spanish soccer giants expected to be announced this week

Warner Music Group generated nearly $1bn from streaming last quarter

WMG has published its quarterly results (for fiscal Q1 2022, but calendar Q4 2021)

Warner Chappell: Spotify, Google and Amazon are paying songwriters an ‘appallingly low’ rate in the US

Warner Chappell's co-chairs slam streaming pay rate for songwriters

Rich Christina’s role at Warner Chappell expanded to Senior Vice President, A&R and Venture Partners

Christina’s oversight will include recently announced venture with Tim & Danny Music (Sam Smith)

Warner Chappell inks sub-publishing deal with estate of legendary Belgian singer Jacques Brel

Brel’s music career spanned more than two decades

Beggars Group inks licensing deal with music licensing platform Adaptr

The deal provides Adaptr access to Beggars' catalog of artists

From Sony’s big merch move to Hipgnosis buying Kenny Chesney’s royalties: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter

Massarsky Consulting, which valued music assets worth over $6.5 billion last year, has been acquired by Citrin Cooperman

Barry Massarsky founded Massarsky Consulting in 1992 – now he and Nari Matsuura are joining Citrin Cooperman