Photo Credit: Saydung89 The music industry faces a bevy of challenges in 2025 – as we’ll cover exhaustively in the pages of Digital Music News – but ensuring accurate and timely payments to rights owners […]
Spotify has scored a legal victory that could have lasting consequences for how songwriters get paid in the streaming era. Spotify successfully fended off a lawsuit from the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), which alleged that […]
Photo Credit: Ashley King A new report suggests Napster is behind on royalty payments to major distributors and record labels. Some say Napster is a few months behind schedule; others say they’re behind more than […]
THE REAL Housewives of Salt Lake City alum Monica Garcia has been sued and accused of not making payments on her leased car. According to court documents exclusively obtained by The U.S. Sun, RHOSLC’s fired Monica, 40, was slapped with a lawsuit on November […]
Photo Credit: Revelator Revelator aims to transform how rights management and royalty payments are handled for the music business. The company focuses on transparency, ownership, and monetization for music IP holders—from artists, labels, distributors, and […]
REAL Housewives of Beverly Hills stars Dorit and PK Kemsley’s $7.5m Los Angeles mansion is now in pre-foreclosure after months of missed payments, The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal. The news comes after the former […]
Since Walmart sells everything from toothpaste to groceries to clothing, many American families spend a large portion of their monthly budget at the big-box store. Naturally, this makes how they pay at Walmart just as […]
Britney Spears‘ son Jayden James Federline celebrated his 18th birthday on Thursday, and the event was thought to signal the end of her child support obligations. However, reports have emerged suggesting that she would have […]
Former talk show host Wendy Williams‘ ex-husband, Kevin Hunter, is seeking the court’s help to collect the support checks he was promised after their divorce. In his petition, he claimed that the payments had been paused […]
Earlier this offseason, Shohei Ohtani signed the largest contract in MLB history. The deal will pay the two-way star an incredible $700 million over ten seasons. To keep the Dodgers competitive and not hamstrung by […]
Photo Credit: PayPal Live Nation has partnered with PayPal to integrate new payment options into the Ticketmaster payment stack. As part of this new partnership, fans will be able to pay with PayPal, PayPal Pay […]
Photo Credit: Soundtrap The US Copyright Office issues a notification of inquiry soliciting public comments on late fees for mechanical royalty payments under the Music Modernization Act. The US Copyright Office is asking for public feedback on […]
The Union of Musicians and Allied Workers has published an open letter calling for higher pay for artists performing at SXSW. The non-profit organization has collected signatures from over 120 artists—including Eve 6, Guy Picciotto, […]
Washington, D.C.’s James Madison Memorial Building, which houses the U.S. Copyright Office. A multitude of songwriters have formally voiced their support for a United States Copyright Office (USCO) rule that would clarify the blanket-license payout […]
Halle Berry just had a huge weight lifted off her shoulders after a years-long legal battle over child support. Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty The John Wick actress–who is a mother to 14-year-old Nahla and 7-year-old […]
Photo Credit: Libby Penner YouTube Shorts could share as much as 45% of ad revenue with its creators–pulling them away from TikTok. It’s no secret that growing your presence on TikTok can lead to massive […]
Timbaland and Swizz Beatz are suing Triller executives for allegedly failing to pay them $28 million (£23 million) after acquiring their music battle series Verzuz. The record producers started Verzuz, in which two music stars […]
We detail our favorite NFTs, DAOs, platforms, and DeFi and DApp projects in the Web3 space from last week. This week’s Web3 Wrap includes the new Hyperboloid compilation, which is released as an audio-visual NFT […]