David Israelite In The News

How much money is the US music publishing industry making? A billion dollars more than it was 4 years ago.

New stats from the NMPA, analyzed by MBW, reveal some surprising commercial facts

Music publishers sue luxury exercise brand Peloton in $150m copyright infringement lawsuit

Brand was recently valued at $4 billion

If Spotify thinks songwriters deserve more money, why is it trying to to cut their pay?

'We can expect Spotify to attack songwriters to cut what it pays them, and then try to deceive you about what it is doing.'

How Spotify could pinch back over $320m from songwriters with its new legal appeal

What scrapping Copyright Royalty Board's new rates might mean for songwriters and publishers

Spotify accused of ‘giant lie’ as it defends attempt to block songwriter pay rise in the US

"They must think artists and songwriters are stupid. They are not."

Spotify vs. songwriters: Irving Azoff, Justin Tranter and other leading music biz figures slam streaming company’s royalty rise appeal

"Apple understands they’re in the artist business. Clearly, Google, Pandora, Spotify and Amazon don’t."

Spotify and Amazon ‘sue songwriters’ with appeal against 44% royalty rise in the United States

"These big tech bullies do not respect or value the songwriters who make their businesses possible."

A 44% streaming royalty rise is now locked in for songwriters in the US – so long as the likes of Spotify don’t ‘declare war’

Streaming companies will 'declare war on songwriters' if they appeal the streaming royalty rise, says David Israelite