SoundExchange president and CEO Michael Huppe. Photo Credit: SoundExchange Ahead of related CRB Web VI hearings, SoundExchange and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) have unveiled a rates agreement covering 2026 through 2030. SoundExchange […]
SoundExchange US-Based Non-Interactive Recorded Music RoyaltyPayments, 2004-2024 (Source: SoundExchange Data) SoundExchange has announced it has surpassed $12 billion in distributions to artists and rights owners since 2003. The milestone comes less than a year after […]
SiriusXM has voluntarily dismissed its counterclaims against SoundExchange, though the underlying unpaid royalties battle is still in full swing. Photo Credit: SoundExchange Less than three months later, SiriusXM has dropped its counterclaims against SoundExchange in […]
Photo Credit: Joe Mabel / CC by 3.0 SoundExchange says it’s distributed north of $10 billion since debuting as a standalone organization in 2003. The Washington, D.C.-based entity, which collects royalties from non-interactive digital music […]
Photo Credit: marcen27 / CC by 2.0 Lil Nas X’s “That’s What I Want” racked up the most non-interactive streams of any “new” track in the U.S. during a year-long period in 2022, according to […]
Photo Credit: SoundExchange One month ago, a federal judge ordered LiveOne and its Slacker Radio subsidiary to pay $9.77 million in owed royalties to SoundExchange. Now, despite claiming that being made to cough up the […]
Photo Credit: SoundExchange Is Slacker headed for bankruptcy? The company says SoundExchange’s $10 million judgment could destroy them. Slacker and its parent company LiveOne (formerly LiveXLive) are pleading with a judge to overturn a ruling […]
SoundExchange has announced that it distributed $238.9 million during 2022’s third quarter – a slight decrease from the same three-month stretch in 2021. The 19-year-old entity just recently shed light upon its financials for July, […]
Photo Credit: LiveOne LiveOne (formerly LiveXLive) and its Slacker Radio subsidiary have been ordered to pay about $9.77 million in owed licensing payments to SoundExchange, which filed a lawsuit against the audio-entertainment platform in June. […]
SoundExchange is officially suing LiveOne and Slacker for allegedly failing to pay owed royalties for streams from the last five-plus years. SoundExchange, which collects digital performance royalties for recordings used on non-interactive music platforms (i.e. […]
Photo Credit: Adi Goldstein VEVA Sound and SoundExchange announced their partnership centered on increasing royalty payments’ accuracy and efficiency. The data partnership utilizes the latest cloud-based technology, making it easier for creators registered with SoundExchange […]