Jay Z’s Roc Nation partners with South Korea’s Musicow to launch music royalty trading platform in the US
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation is set to enter the emerging music royalty trading market through a partnership with South Korean fintech ...
Tag: Royalty
Universal Music Group and Spotify have inked a new licensing deal. It remedies Spotify’s infamous US ‘audiobook bundle’ royalty discount in UMG payouts, say MBW sources
Big news from the land of MBW’s well-connected industry sources: Universal Music Group and Spotify have inked a new licensing ...
Spotify allegedly using ‘ghost artists’ to minimise royalty costs
Spotify is padding out listeners’ playlists using “ghost artists” to reduce its royalty costs, a new report has claimed.According to ...
Global songwriter royalty collections rose 7.6% to $12.7bn in 2023, CISAC reports
MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of ...
Music Royalty Payments Are In Better Shape Than You Think
Photo Credit: QuinceCreativeWhen it comes to music royalties, there’s always been a clear delineation between royalty payouts for recordings versus ...
Spotify co-founder cashes out $85.8m in stock after streamer posts record profit… as songwriters brace for $150m royalty cut this year
Spotify is a profitable company – and the markets are delighted.The streaming service’s share price shot up around 14% on ...
Spotify Didn’t Quite Think Its ‘Royalty Modernizing’ Plan Through
Spotify overlooked a few details in its much-ballyhooed ‘royalty modernizing’ plan — including the illegal parts. What else is about ...
Ireland’s IMRO extends royalty collection agreement with ICE
The Irish Music Rights Organization (IMRO), which collects performance rights royalties in Ireland on behalf of 11,000 songwriters, composers and ...
Spotify Has Officially Updated Its Royalty Model — What’s Next?
Projection of royalty collection changes following Spotify’s 1,000-stream minimum payment transition (Digital Music News)In our recent DMN Pro Weekly report, ...
Downtown introduces Curve Royalty Services for royalty process outsourcing
Labels, publishers and distributors will now be able to outsource some or all of their royalty processing tasks as Downtown ...
