National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) In The News

Amazon Music to bundle Audiobooks from Audible – and unlike Spotify’s bundling move, publishers say it won’t decrease revenue for songwriters

Audible’s library includes a US catalog of more than 1 million audiobooks

Spotify expands music videos to 85 new markets

CEO Daniel Ek says offering greater value to consumers is the key to ensuring Spotify can maintain price hikes

TikTok’s Merlin deal to end on October 31, as indie agency accuses app of not wanting ‘to pay a fair rate for the music that powers their platform’.

TikTok plans to strike direct deals with Merlin members

BMI files rate court action against SiriusXM

Petition filed in New York on Thursday, September 12

PARTYNEXTDOOR named top artist-songwriter in Q2 2024 on the NMPA Gold & Platinum Program (based on RIAA certifications). Mustard named as top non-performing songwriter

Meanwhile, Mustard was named the top non-performing songwriter for the second quarter of 2024

Cox Communications takes copyright infringement battle with record labels to US Supreme Court

A long-running legal battle between Cox and record companies could end up being decided at the US's top court

Roblox strikes deal with DistroKid – but indie artists won’t be paid any money from it

Roblox revenues are forecast to hit $3.5bn across the course of this year

Artists and major music companies applaud introduction of ‘landmark’ NO FAKES Act in US Senate

With bipartisan support and a similar bill working its way through the House of Representatives, the NO FAKES Act aims to crack down on AI deepfakes