Downtown Music Holdings In The News

Pandora is now paying publishers 1/5th of the money it gives labels

Publishers would have seen a share of $140m in 2015

Can these former Rdio execs woo the music biz for Pandora?

Iain Morris and Rich Masio on board at all-new Pandora

Pandora signs new licensing deals with ASCAP and BMI

Streaming service drops BMI court appeal

The 6 biggest music business stories coming your way in 2016

Universal buying, Sony selling and a wealth of streaming possibilities...

Spotify sued for $150m in mechanical royalties class action suit

David Lowery launches lawsuit claiming Spotify has knowingly profited

Pandora signs direct licensing deal with Downtown Music Publishing

Downtown looks after John Lennon, Ray Davies and Randy Newman catalogues

Apple Music fixes ‘songwriter’ information within its metadata (a bit)

Classical music update will include composer information

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