Spotify expands music publishing licensing push with new Amra deal
As predicted, Spotify has inked another key licensing agreement, this time with amra, the global digital licensing collection society.The multi-territory, ...
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From Spotify’s publishing licensing expansion to Slipknot’s potential $120m catalog sale… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s Weekly Round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit ...
Avex Music Group and Runner Music extend publishing deal with Grant Boutin
Avex Music Group, the global music division of Japanese entertainment company Avex, has extended its publishing deal with songwriter and ...
UMG’s Sir Lucian Grainge refutes ‘ridiculous’ claims in Drake lawsuit, confirms Universal bought star’s recorded music and publishing catalogs
Universal Music Group CEO Sir Lucian Grainge has filed a sworn declaration pushing back against Drake’s attempts to force him ...
Kobalt’s AI deal with Suno rival ElevenLabs guarantees publishing ‘parity’ with recorded music
Earlier today (August 5), music publisher Kobalt announced a landmark licensing agreement with ElevenLabs’ new AI music platform, Eleven Music ...
Rafael Ricardo Jiménez-Dan on Rimas, independence, and music publishing
To most of the music world, Rafael Ricardo Jiménez-Dan remains an enigma.Despite founding Rimas in 2014 – the company behind ...
Kobalt’s new publishing platform KOSIGN already represents 12k songs… where is it going next?
Kobalt estimates that more than $1 billion in publishing royalties are left uncollected every year.This issue often disproportionately affects emerging ...
Kobalt inks publishing deal with country songwriter Derrick Southerland, acquires portion of song catalog
Independent music publisher Kobalt has signed a global publishing deal with Derrick Southerland, the Grammy- and Country Music Awards-nominated songwriter ...
US music publishing revenue jumped 13.4% to $7bn in 2024, outpacing the growth rate of recorded music
MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of ...
Anthem Music Publishing acquires Marty Robbins song catalog
Anthem Music Publishing has acquired the song catalog of the late country singer-songwriter Marty Robbins.Financial terms of the deal were ...
