Battle Over US Radio Royalties Gets Underway (Again)
The US radio and music industries are set for another skirmish over the lack of performance royalties paid by traditional radio stations in that country. This time round, the spark
Music Modernization Act: Labels and Publishers Back NMPA’s Bid to Run New Mechanical Rights Society
The United States is about to get an important new collection society, which is expected to oversee hundreds of millions of dollars in royalty payments each year. When President Donald
SoundExchange paid $953m to artists and labels last year – an all-time record
US-based collection and licensing society SoundExchange paid $952.8m to artists and record labels in 2018. That figure was up 46.2% on 2017, when the organization distributed $652m to its recorded