A U.S. congresswoman is drafting legislation that would compel Spotify and others to pay “a new streaming royalty…directly to artists.” This latest attempt to reform the way that Spotify and competing streaming services pay royalties […]
Photo Credit: SoundCloud About three months after celebrating the anniversary of its fan-powered royalty model, SoundCloud has officially inked a global licensing deal with Warner Music Group. Under the pact, WMG will become the first […]
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). […]
Sound the trumpets and drum up some well-deserved fanfare: Kam Williams and Leroy Garrett have officially announced the birth of their first child. And with a name like Kingston Lee, the boy’s bound to be […]
Get your crown ready: On June 5, at the MTV Movie & TV Awards: UNSCRIPTED, Bethenny Frankel will make her status official by receiving the Realty Royalty Award. The Real Housewives of New York star, […]
Major label and publishing conglomerates Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group, as well as other publishers represented by the NMPA, have tentatively agreed to increase mechanical royalty rates on physical products […]
Washington, D.C.’s James Madison Memorial Building, which houses the U.S. Copyright Office. Late last month, the three-judge Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) rejected a proposed mechanical-rate freeze for physical formats (including vinyl and CDs) and permanent […]