National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) In The News

Spotify officially raises Premium subscription prices in the US, and in several markets across South America, Europe and Asia

Music streaming giant Spotify has officially increased the price of its flagship Premium subscription in the US to $10.99.

Spotify to finally raise flagship Premium price in the US next week, reports Wall Street Journal

More price rises coming in multiple global territories from Daniel Ek's company, says WSJ

Spotify had 44.4m US subscribers in February, Apple Music had 32.6m, according to new data

Stats were revealed at the NMPA annual meeting on June 14

History shows Elon Musk will have a fight on his hands from that music publisher lawsuit

The NMPA's litigious history suggests Twitter's owner may face an uphill battle

The US recorded music industry grew by $500m on a wholesale basis in 2022. The US music publishing industry grew by nearly double that amount.

Boosted by CRB result and record performance income, the US music publishing industry flew last year

AI is an ‘iPhone moment’ for the music biz, and 3 other things we learned from Guy Oseary’s interview at the NMPA’s annual meeting

Four things we learned from Oseary’s chat with NMPA President and CEO David Israelite

Music publishers sue Twitter for $250m+ alleging ‘rampant infringement of copyrighted music’

Publishers claim that "Twitter fuels its business with countless infringing copies of musical compositions".

Luke Combs named top artist-songwriter in Q1 2023, on the NMPA Gold & Platinum Program (based on RIAA certifications)

Ray Fulcher claimed the title of the top non-performing songwriter