PPL’s royalty distributions jump 19.9% to $72.8M in final quarter of 2025
PPL, the UK’s collective management organization (CMO) for performers and recording rightsholders, has reported a 19.9% increase in payouts for ...
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Global songwriter royalty collections reached $13.6bn in 2024, up 7.2%, CISAC reports
Creator royalties hit another all-time high in 2024, according to newly-released numbers from CISAC, a global umbrella group of collective ...
WAVS’ AI Sample Finder is an “industry-first” workflow enhancement that finds the right sounds for your project – and most are royalty free
Audio sample library WAVS has launched a new AI Sample Finder tool that allows users to drag any audio file ...
Confirmed: BMI royalty rate from terrestrial US radio is rising by nearly 24%
Performance rights organization BMI hailed its new agreement with radio broadcasters on Tuesday (August 19), declaring that it included its ...
OpenPlay & Trolley Partnership to Streamline Royalty Payments
Photo Credit: Tim Nixon, Trolley CEO, and Edward Ginis, OpenPlay CEOTrolley and OpenPlay sign a partnership integrating the former into ...
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 ...
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 ...
