National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) In The News

While Grammys show goes on, BMG, Downtown, NMPA/Billboard, Friends ’N’ Family and others join in canceling events

The California wildfires have caused a significant disruption to what is one of the music industry's most important networking and celebration weeks

Musi was kicked off the App store over copyright infringement allegations, now it’s accusing Apple of a ‘backchannel scheme’ to remove it

Apple cited complaints from IFPI, NMPA and Sony Music in defending its decision to remove Musi from its App Store

Music industry backs new ‘TRAIN Act’ requiring transparency in materials used to train AI

The law would require AI companies to disclose whether or not they used copyrighted works at the request of rightsholders

From Amazon Music’s audiobook bundle to WMG’s subscription streaming growth… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…

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