What exactly are collecting societies up to in Europe? Collecting societies haven’t exactly been very honest with rightsholders over the past few years. At least in Europe. Amidst a devastating corruption scandal, Irini Stamatoudi, Head of the Greek C…
Category archives: Music Royalties
Victory! PRS for Music, PPL Dramatically Expand Their In-Venue Music Recognition Capabilities
DJs and dance music producers have been missing out on substantial performance royalties for decades. Now, that’s starting to change — with performance rights organizations PRS for Music and PPL taking a serious step forward on music recognition techn…
Paradise Distribution Estimates That 97% of ‘Black Box’ Royalties Can Be Resolved & Paid
Depending on the estimate, the music industry has a ‘black box’ problem worth $2.5 billion. Some would call that figure extremely conservative. The ‘black box’ refers to the piles of royalties that are unidentified and never properly paid. The $2.5 …
You May Have a Hit Song and Not Even Know About It
When it comes to radio, the music industry is still primarily based on reporting. This means that mistakes and inaccuracies happen all the time. My vision is to have a transparent music industry based on monitoring, instead of reporting, so that in t…
What Streaming Music Services Really Pay — According to David Crosby
Again — as real artists have shown — don’t expect to make much on streaming music services. Least of all on YouTube. Here at Digital Music News, we’ve covered real artist payouts from streaming music services before. And, let’s face it – unless you’r…
US-Based PRO Pro Music Rights Reaches a 7.4% Market Share
Pro Music Rights — the fifth Public Performance Rights Society In U.S. — now controls a market share of 7.4%. The following announcement comes from Pro Music Rights, a company we’re excited to partner with to help broaden their awareness within …
Kobalt Music Group Signs a Massive Publishing Administration Deal With David Guetta
Kobalt Music Group announced that it has signed a worldwide agreement with songwriter, producer and DJ David Guetta. This deal covers publishing administration in Guetta’s music catalog that goes back more than 15 years. It also encompasses crea…
Hit Songwriters Hit Back at SESAC: ‘Shame on You!’
“This is the strongest I’ve ever seen the songwriting community” – Ross Golan, hit songwriter, podcaster of ‘And The Writer Is…’ The Music Modernization Act recently passed the House by a 415-0 vote. It looked as if …
SoundExchange First-Half Payouts Increase 17.4% to $399 Million
Despite significant pullouts from Pandora, SoundExchange is steadily increasing its royalty payouts to recording artists and rights owners. SoundExchange has just announced its Q2 2018 results, and the results are up. The company revealed more than $2…
Music Recognition Technology Will Generate Millions for Indie Artists — But Only If Distributors & PROs Play Ball
We’ve been reporting on some serious growth for in-venue music recognition technology, or MRT, particularly in Europe. But MRT is expected to expand globally in 2019, with indie artists and DJs realizing substantially greater payouts in the future. No…