by Danielle Suber | Jan 3, 2023 | Front Page, Media
The Copyright Royalty Board approved a settlement struck by the NMPA, NSAI, and DiMA for streaming royalties owed to songwriters and publishers for the period of 2023-2027. Arriving just before New Years’ Eve, on Friday (Dec. 30), the Copyright Royalty Board judges...
by Kartraice Hooper | Dec 16, 2022 | Front Page, G&P, Media
The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) has announced the top songwriters for Q3 2022, including the top artist-songwriter and top non-performing songwriter for the period. During July, August and September, 2,341 Gold, Platinum and Multi-Platinum...
by Ashley Jones | Sep 1, 2022 | Front Page, Media, Uncategorized
Agreement means publishers will get as much as 15.35% of music streamers’ revenue, phased in during a five-year period Music publishers and streaming services reached an agreement to raise the rates songwriters get paid when their music is played on Spotify and other...
by Ashley Jones | Sep 1, 2022 | Front Page, Media, Uncategorized
An explainer on how songwriter streaming royalties will grow from 2023 to 2027. Songwriter and publisher U.S. mechanical streaming royalty rates are going up — slowly — to a headline rate of 15.35% of total revenue from 2023-2027. That’s the big news out of...
by Ashley Jones | Aug 31, 2022 | Front Page, Media
Remembers the ugly dust-up between music publishers and the likes of Spotify and Amazon Music in the US over mechanical royalty rates? That historic music biz battle began in 2018, when the NMPA (National Music Publishers’ Association) secured a vital ruling from the...
by Ashley Jones | Jul 5, 2022 | Front Page, Media
The saga is over. The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has today (July 1) maintained its decision to increase the headline rate paid to songwriters in the United States from on-demand streaming services between the years 2018 and 2022. To refresh your memory: In January...
