National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) In The News

MBW delves into the 53-page lawsuit issued by X Corp against most significant players in the music publishing business

X’s lawsuit points to successful licensing agreements between the NMPA plus Roblox and Twitch as evidence of an alleged ‘extortionate scheme’.

The feature will reach all Premium users in both countries by the end of the month.

The deal doesn’t resolve US music publishers’ dispute with Spotify over mechanical rights, but does offer a new source of revenue for rightsholders

Munyaradzi Chanetsa to run the African division as MD while Vinny Kumar leads the global team from HQ in San Francisco

The Mechanical Licensing Collective secures crucial procedural victory in legal battle with Spotify

The election followed the retirement of former Board Chairman Irwin Z. Robinson

Eight-time Grammy winner Musgraves has had a relationship with Warner Chappell since she began writing songs for the publisher at the age of 21