National Music Publishers’ Association President & CEO David Israelite speaking at the NMPA Annual Meeting in June in New York (Photo: Digital Music News) Apple didn’t contest a massive royalty rate increase for music publishers […]
I made a joke in a recent column about Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang) coming back as a sentient tree in the forthcoming Avatar: The Way of Water. He’s not, he’s coming back as a […]
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Photo Credit: Anirudh Koul / CC by 3.0 About seven months after asking Spotify to remove his comedy albums amid a broader royalties dispute, stand-up star Lewis Black has officially filed a copyright infringement lawsuit […]
Photo Credit: Erik Mclean Manufacturers are struggling to keep pace with vinyl record demand forty years after CDs nearly killed off the record format. Major record labels sold or dismantled their vinyl pressing machines en […]
Washington, D.C.’s James Madison Memorial Building, which houses the U.S. Copyright Office. American songwriters and publishers scored a hard-fought mechanical royalty rate increase from streaming music platforms in a late-breaking decision on Friday (July 1st). […]
Avatar 2, otherwise known as Avatar: The Way of Water, has been a long time coming. We got our first glimpse at the return to Pandora when the movie’s trailer was released. But the Avatar […]
Photo Credit: Sony Music Publishing Sony Music Publishing Latin is partnering with NEON16 and music exec Tommy Mottola to support 22 Publishing. SMP will work closely alongside NEON16 to create key opportunities for 22 Publishing’s […]
The National Music Publishers’ Association has claimed that the major labels took in a staggering 58.6 percent of 2021’s $9.8 billion in total streaming royalties – while continuing to tout its close ties with the […]
Charli XCX has always been on the cutting edge of things, constantly transversing and expanding the boundaries of pop and stardom, so it makes sense that she’s about to push her performances past a new […]
Last Updated: June 3rd Disney entered the streaming wars in a big way with the launch of its own streaming platform, Disney+. But unlike other rookie streaming services, Disney already had a vault full of […]
This story is published in partnership with SoJannelleTV, a magazine show about Filipinos in North America. Music has a way of uniting people. And in a recent episode of So Jannelle TV – a weekly […]
Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore / CC by 2.0 Conan O’Brien has sold his podcast company to SiriusXM in a deal said to be worth around $150 million. The Team Coco digital media company and its […]
Continue Reading Below The bow mechanics in Ubisoft games are second to none. It’s hyper satisfying to punch in a special ability and blast your opponents away, and the trailer for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora […]
Photo Credit: Jako Janse van Rensburg Sonos is now set to launch its own voice control, but the feature won’t support Spotify out of the gate. The Santa Barbara-based Mayht owner unveiled its imminent voice-control […]
After more than a decade of broken promises and production delays, audiences’ first look at “Avatar 2″ is finally here. Disney’s 20th Century Studios released a teaser trailer Monday for “Avatar: The Way of Water,” […]
Photo Credit: Pandora In February, following a much-publicized licensing dispute, multiple comedians (and Word Collections clients) sued Pandora for allegedly failing to license their comedy albums’ underlying compositions. Now, Pandora has fired back with a […]
It’s finally time to return to Pandora. If you haven’t visited the Pandora-themed land in Disney’s Animal Kingdom, then you haven’t seen the moon since Avatar premiered in 2009. But the time for the long-planned […]
Photo Credit: SiriusXM SiriusXM has revealed its Q1 2022 financial results, showcasing a further slide for Pandora active users. SiriusXM subscribers have also stagnated. Here’s why. SiriusXM reported an increase of 6% ($2.19 billion) compared […]
In the last month, a handful of well-meaning Celebrity Net Worth readers have sent emails to our tip line claiming that the net worth we have listed for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is way, way, […]