The legal battle between Global Music Rights (GMR) and the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) has taken another interesting turn, as a federal judge has allowed each of their antitrust lawsuits to proceed. GMR had been attempting to dismiss the RMLC’…
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Mariah Carey Drops a PRO Bomb — Ditches BMI for ASCAP
Mariah Carey has moved her extensive catalog to performance rights organization ASCAP. The superstar was previously with BMI. ASCAP trumpeted the big news early this morning. ASCAP CEO Elizabeth Matthews indicated that she and her team are “honor…
France’s music publishing sector was worth over $450m in 2018
Total revenue was up 7% compared to 2017
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Taylor Swift Reunites With Troy Tomlinson, Who Started With Her at Age 14
Taylor Swift has signed an international publishing agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), rejoining Troy Tomlinson, the exec who helped ignite her career when she was just 14 years old. The deal was announced via press release and vi…
Sony/ATV’s Reorg Continues — Co-President Danny Strick Is Out
According to a recent report from Variety, Danny Strick is no longer Sony/ATV Music Publishing’s co-president. In a note to Sony/ATV employees, Chairman and CEO Jon Platt commended Strick for his fifteen years of service. He further complimented his p…
BMI Settles Their Rate Dispute With Major Radio Broadcasters — Irving Azoff’s War Continues
BMI and the RMLC have finally settled their pricing dispute; new deal covers 2017-2021. Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), one of the leading US-based performing rights organizations, has settled a long-running pricing disagreement with the Radio Music Licen…
Discovery Networks Backtracks On Its Controversial Plan to Ditch Performance Royalties
After howls of protest, Discovery has backed away from its plan to eliminate U.S. performance royalties for composers. Having faced considerable backlash from composers’ rights groups, Discovery, parent company of several prominent television channels,…
Just Got My Spotify Mechanical Royalty Check In the Mail — $11.06 for 32,222 Plays
Kerry Muzzey is a prolific composer whose work appears in major TV shows, Hollywood film trailers, and Broadway productions. Earlier this week, Muzzey got his mechanical royalty check from Spotify. After failing to pay mechanical royalties entirely — …
The Estate of Michael Jackson and BMI Extend Catalog Representation
The Michael Jackson Estate has inked a renewal agreement with BMI to continue to represent the performing rights in Michael Jackson’s songwriting catalog. The new deal extends BMI’s uninterrupted 41-year relationship with the King of Pop. T…
Grateful Dead Publishing Company Inks with Warner Chappell
Warner Chappell Music has announced that it has concluded a global publishing deal with Ice Nine, which is the Grateful Dead’s publishing company. Interestingly, the name Ice Nine comes from a weapon of mass destruction that caused havoc in Kurt …