by Ashley Jones | Jun 22, 2022 | Front Page, Media
Music licensing tech startup Songclip has entered into a strategic partnership with The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA). According to an announcement published today (June 16), the partnership “aims to facilitate music licensing and compliance within the...
by Ashley Jones | Jun 22, 2022 | Front Page, Media
The National Music Publishers’ Association is going after apps that skim music from digital services without getting the necessary licenses. On Wednesday (June 15), during the NMPA’s annual meeting in New York at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, the trade group’s...
by Ashley Jones | Jun 16, 2022 | Front Page, Media
The National Music Publishers’ Association announced the new programs during its annual meeting, where it honored Lin-Manuel Miranda and Leonard Bohen. The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) launched two new songwriter-focused initiatives at its 2022 annual...
by Ashley Jones | May 6, 2022 | Front Page, Media
The following op/ed comes from David Israelite, the President & CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA). NMPA is the trade association representing American music publishers and their songwriting partners. A new settlement between the National...
by Ashley Jones | May 6, 2022 | Front Page, Media
Last month, MBW told you about an epic negotiation going on in the United States over certain types of mechanical royalty rates paid to songwriters for sales of physical music, as well as downloads. Today (May 5), we learn that the groups representing songwriters,...
by Ashley Jones | May 6, 2022 | Front Page, Media
On Thursday (May 5), trade groups representing the major record labels, publishers and songwriters announced a settlement to increase the mechanical rate for physical and download sales to 12 cents per song — a 32% boost from the 9.1 cent rate that has been in place...