ASCAP paid out a record $1.76bn to songwriters and publishers in 2025
US performance rights organization ASCAP has reported its revenue and royalty payout numbers for 2025, with both figures hitting all-time ...
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Spotify Spotlights Artists, Songwriters to Watch In 2026
Guitar bands aren’t on the way out in Australia, if Spotify’s watchlist is anything to go by. The streaming music ...
Believe’s Chris Meehan on growing Sentric into a global platform, servicing indie songwriters, and why publishing once ‘felt like a dark art’
MBW’s World Leaders is a regular series in which we turn the spotlight toward some of the most influential industry ...
Jody Gerson vows to ‘protect human songwriters’ in the age of AI, as UMPG boss accepts International Executive of the Year honor at MBW’s Music Business UK Awards
MBW’s Music Business UK Awards took place in Covent Garden this evening (November 4), celebrating the very best that the ...
Kobalt and indie music company umn team up to acquire catalog of superstar songwriters Peter Plate and Ulf Leo Sommer, in what they claim to be ‘Germany’s largest music rights acquisition yet’
A year ago, three ex-BMG senior execs – Dominique Casimir, Maximilian Kolb and Justus Haerder – launched a new Berlin-based entertainment ...
Milk & Honey launches record label, offering songwriters ‘sizeable amount’ of master points
Milk & Honey, hitherto best known in the music industry as a songwriter, producer, and DJ management house, is getting ...
The Mechanical Licensing Collective has distributed $3bn+ to songwriters and publishers to date
MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of ...
Britney Spears hitmaker Justin Tranter warns “there won’t be anymore” songwriters if labels don’t step up
Justin Tranter, the songwriter behind hits for Britney Spears, Justin Bieber, Chappell Roan, and countless more has raised the alarm ...
The UK government just unveiled a new ‘label-led’ initiative to improve pay for legacy artists, songwriters and session musicians. Here’s what that means…
MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points ...
TikTok launches new features for songwriters to spotlight their work
TikTok has taken another step in its efforts to be an indispensable part of the music world, launching ‘Songwriter Features,’ ...
