National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) In The News

Jake Wisely joins Concord Board of Directors, Jim Selby to become Chief Publishing Executive

Wisely co-founded Concord in its modern-day guise

Facebook secures major label and publisher rights for its Twitch-rivalling Gaming platform

"Your stream should be about gaming, not music... Playing DJ without gaming is a no-no."

Hipgnosis becomes a fully-fledged publisher, buying Big Deal Music to form Hipgnosis Songs Group

Buyout includes admin platform Words and Music, which will be used to leverage better rates on streaming platforms

J. Cole was the biggest songwriter in the US in Q2, with 21 certifications

771 songwriters were certified Gold, Platinum and Multi-Platinum in Q2

Spotify vs. Songwriters: Publishers remain confident that streaming platforms WILL be forced to increase royalties in the US

NMPA plays down impact of Court of Appeals decision, noting: "We believe these things are easily done by the CRB."

Songwriters dealt blow in Spotify royalty rate battle as streaming platforms are granted ‘procedural victory’ in US Appeals Court

But that doesn't mean new rates have been rejected or amended (yet, anyway)

Licensed music is coming to Snapchat, as parent strikes deals with Warner, UMPG and more

It looks like Snapchat will be more closely rivalling TikTok in the weeks ahead...

Triller warned that it ‘must legitimize its business by properly licensing all music on its platform’

NMPA comments on platform's music licensing