RIAA In The News

What the US record industry should fear about its future – and what it deserves to celebrate

Netflix, vinyl, streaming and Spotify's share of revenues all feature in MBW's review of the USA market

Streaming revenues topped $1bn in Germany for the first time last year, with total recorded music sales up 8.2%

Streaming accounted for 55.1% of total revenues

US recorded music revenues hit $11.1bn in 2019 and streaming accounted for nearly 80% of it

The RIAA has published its 2019 Year-End US Music Industry Revenue Report

Norva Denton promoted to Senior Vice President of A&R for Warner Records

Denton joined Warner Records in 2018 as Director of A&R

YouTube says it paid the music industry over $3bn last year – equivalent to 20% of its annual ad revenue. Is that good?

On balance, YouTube looks likely to have just become the global music industry's second biggest streaming partner

Could an overhaul of payola rules be on the horizon? Majors asked to explain anti-payola practices to FCC

FCC Commissioner Michael O'Rielly has written to Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group in the US

Cox Communications fined $1bn after losing copyright infringement lawsuit

Cox was found to have infringed a total of 10,017 works

Reservoir signs Sam Sumser, co-writer of Lizzo’s Juice

Nashville-based writer joins fast-growing rights company