BMG Criticizes RIAA, Major Labels, and NMPA Over Mechanical Royalties

Surprise! Spotify Hands Over Your Personal Information to Major Labels When Using 'Pre-Save'

BMG has officially put the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), and the major labels themselves on blast for resisting a mechanical-royalty increase for physical releases and downloads. Berlin-based […]

Normani Inks Publishing Deal With Hipgnosis, Confirms First Solo Album

Hipgnosis Acquires Sam Hollander's Music Catalog

Hipgnosis Songs Group has officially finalized a publishing deal with Atlanta-born former Fifth Harmony member Normani. Hipgnosis Songs Group (formerly Big Deal Music) and 25-year-old Normani (whose full name is Normani Kordei Hamilton) just recently […]

How to Watch ‘Eurovision’ Online 2022: Stream the Song Contest Live

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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The Eurovision Song Contest is a yearly musical event known for its over-the-top […]

SGA, SCL & MCNA Applaud Mechanical Royalty Rate Increase In the US

SGA, SCL & MCNA Applaud Mechanical Royalty Rate Increase In the US

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 […]

Olivia Rodrigo defends abortion rights at Washington, D.C. concert : NPR

Olivia Rodrigo defends abortion rights at Washington, D.C. concert : NPR

Olivia Rodrigo performs during her 2022 SOUR Tour at Radio City Music Hall on April 26, 2022 in New York City. She spoke up in support of abortion rights while performing in Washington, D.C. this […]

Double Elimination All About the ’90s

Double Elimination All About the '90s

Prince, Space Bunny and somewhere between one and six Queen Cobras took the stage for the best non-finale night ever — but only one act would survive! For the first time all season on “The […]

Reservoir Announce Worldwide Publishing Deal with Dan the Automator

Reservoir Worldwide Publishing Deal Dan the Automator

Photo Credit: Reservoir Reservoir has announced a worldwide publishing deal with Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer Dan the Automator. This new deal further expands upon the existing publishing relationship between the two, established in 2012, and […]

Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar and Lionel Richie are among acts voted into Rock Hall : NPR

Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar and Lionel Richie are among acts voted into Rock Hall : NPR

Pat Benatar in Paris on January 12th, 1983. Dolly Parton on ‘Dolly,’ in 1987. Lionel Richie at the American Music Awards, 1985. Patrick Aventurier/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images/ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images […]

Sigrid: ‘I feel like I’m being discredited, for my talent and all the hours I’ve spent at the piano’ | Pop and rock

Northern powerhouse … Sigrid at Leeds festival in 2021.

In 2020, Sigrid had a crisis of confidence. Forced back to her parent’s house in Norway by the pandemic, she found her old teenage insecurities creeping in. As a kid, she had never considered herself […]

Glass Animals’ Dave Bayley Inks Global Publishing Deal With UMPG

Glass Animals' Dave Bayley Inks Global Publishing Deal With UMPG

Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley. Photo Credit: Sophieannelane After finalizing an extended agreement with the estate of Juan Gabriel, beginning to represent the work of Elvis Presley, and then closing a deal with The Weeknd […]

Graham Nash on His New Live Album, Joni Mitchell, and CSNY

Graham Nash on His New Live Album, Joni Mitchell, and CSNY

 Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Graham Nash catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Graham Nash: Live, a new release that spotlights a complete run through his […]

Elvis Presley Catalog to Be Jointly Represented By UMPG and ABG

Elvis Presley Catalog to Be Jointly Represented By UMPG and ABG

Elvis Presley, whose celebrity brand is part of the Authentic Brands Group portfolio. Photo Credit: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Back in November of 2021, Universal Music Group and Authentic Brands Group (ABG), which manages the celebrity brands of […]