Napster In The News

SoundExchange slams judge’s ruling in SiriusXM case as ‘entirely wrong on the law’

Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed SoundExchange's $150 million lawsuit against SiriusXM

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Sony Music sues Napster over $9.2M in alleged unpaid royalties, up to $37.5M in copyright claims

Sony Music claims Napster has been delinquent on payments for over a year while collecting subscription fees from “millions of paying users.”

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‘A manager’s job is to be the last guard at the gate for the artists that they work with in terms of their art. That’s a pretty deep responsibility.’

Chris Woltman on the huge and sustained success of Twenty One Pilots, why record labels still matter, the rock revival, streaming economics and AI

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Pentagon removes drone video after Metallica issues copyright strike

A Metallica representative told Rolling Stone that the band had not authorized the use of their music.

Interviews

Per Sundin on Pophouse’s $1bn+ ambitions in music rights: ‘We don’t buy catalogs to put them on a shelf.’

Per Sundin reveals what sets Pophouse apart from other music investment firms, and shares his thoughts on the future of catalog investment...

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Napster acquired in $207m deal by $12.25bn-valued tech startup Infinite Reality

Acquisition arrives a few weeks after Infinite Reality closed a $3 billion round of funding

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Terry McBride on fan communities, TikTok, and building Nettwerk to be a ‘generational’ music company

MBW's Trailblazers series meets Terry McBride, CEO of Nettwerk Music Group

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‘PPL’s position in the music industry has transformed massively.’

PPL CEO, Peter Leathem, looks back not just on recent developments at the licensing and collection society, but at 90 years of history, the JV with PRS, ‘taking over from Alex Ferguson’ and much more…