National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) In The News News Snapchat to pay DistroKid artists monthly grants up to $100,000 via new ‘Sounds’ creator fundSnapchat now reaches over 600m monthly active users worldwide News Songwriters, rejoice: Spotify appeal FAILS to stop composers getting improved 15.1% streaming royalty rate in the USBottom line: The streaming services are going to have to fork over a pile of cash to publishers and songwriters Analysis News From Universal’s Frank Zappa catalog acquisition to Triller’s US IPO… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe big stories from the past week News Universal buys Frank Zappa recordings, song catalog and complete contents of ‘The Vault’ housing 1,000+ hours of film and videoAcquisition also includes Frank Zappa’s name and likeness News Music licensing tech startup Songclip strikes strategic partnership with National Music Publishers’ AssociationDeal comes just days after Songclip announced a partnership with Universal Music Group Interviews ‘In country, I feel like the magic of songwriting is still very apparent and very dominant.’MBW profiles country music writing royalty Ashley Gorley as part of our World's Greatest Songwriters series News BMG slams ‘industry consensus that turned a blind eye to a 15-year pay freeze for songwriters’“We regret on this occasion that we did not speak out earlier and more robustly against an industry consensus that turned a blind eye to what has been a 15-year pay freeze for songwriters." Analysis Blog ‘This agreement guarantees a raise for CDs, vinyl and downloads, but we know that songwriters need much more to succeed – they need fairness.’This op/ed comes from David Israelite, the President & CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA)Prev 1 2 3 … 23 Next
News Snapchat to pay DistroKid artists monthly grants up to $100,000 via new ‘Sounds’ creator fundSnapchat now reaches over 600m monthly active users worldwide
News Songwriters, rejoice: Spotify appeal FAILS to stop composers getting improved 15.1% streaming royalty rate in the USBottom line: The streaming services are going to have to fork over a pile of cash to publishers and songwriters
Analysis News From Universal’s Frank Zappa catalog acquisition to Triller’s US IPO… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe big stories from the past week
News Universal buys Frank Zappa recordings, song catalog and complete contents of ‘The Vault’ housing 1,000+ hours of film and videoAcquisition also includes Frank Zappa’s name and likeness
News Music licensing tech startup Songclip strikes strategic partnership with National Music Publishers’ AssociationDeal comes just days after Songclip announced a partnership with Universal Music Group
Interviews ‘In country, I feel like the magic of songwriting is still very apparent and very dominant.’MBW profiles country music writing royalty Ashley Gorley as part of our World's Greatest Songwriters series
News BMG slams ‘industry consensus that turned a blind eye to a 15-year pay freeze for songwriters’“We regret on this occasion that we did not speak out earlier and more robustly against an industry consensus that turned a blind eye to what has been a 15-year pay freeze for songwriters."
Analysis Blog ‘This agreement guarantees a raise for CDs, vinyl and downloads, but we know that songwriters need much more to succeed – they need fairness.’This op/ed comes from David Israelite, the President & CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA)