The Latest Check out the latest news, events and updates. Search for: Clear June 11, 2026US music publishing revenues hit $7.3B in 2025, NMPA reveals at Annual Meeting honoring P!nk, Julian Bunetta and Harvey Mason jr.US music publishing revenues rose to USD $7.3 billion in 2025. That’s according to the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), which unveiled the5 June 11, 2026Spotify and Amazon Music’s Bundling Shenanigans Have Cost Music Publishers Nearly $500 Million Since 2024, NMPA RevealsSpotify and Amazon’s bundling strategy has had a major impact on music publishers’ royalty haul, resulting in nearly $500 million in lost royalties since5 June 11, 2026‘Songwriting Is Easy!’ Read ‘Espresso’ and ‘Lose Control’ Hitmaker Julian Bunetta’s Awesome Speech About the Art, Craft and Pain of Writing Music for a LivingWith hits under his belt like Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso,” Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” Gracie Abrams’ “That’s So True” and One5 June 10, 2026NMPA Inks Deals With Udio & KLAY, Marking First Industry-Wide Licensing Pacts With Major AI Music FirmsAt the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) annual meeting on Wednesday (June 10), president and CEO David Israelite announced the “first-ever5 May 21, 2026P!nk to Receive NMPA Songwriter Icon Award at Annual MeetingSongwriter Julian Bunetta and Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. are also set to be honored. Three days after she hosts the 2026 Tony Awards, P!nk is set5 February 12, 2026Ryan Tedder & David Israelite Talk Challenges Facing Songwriters Today: ‘It’s a Lottery Ticket… And It’s Not Sustainable’On the season 1 finale of Billboard‘s On the Record podcast, the musician and NMPA head discuss why songwriting is “a completely different5 January 2, 2026Sombr, Mustard, Alex Warren, Bon Iver Among Honorees at NMPA & Billboard Grammy Week Songwriter AwardsThe event, set to be held Jan. 28 in Hollywood, is the largest songwriter-focused event hosted during Grammy Week. With the big New Year’s blowout now in the5 November 12, 2025Spotify and NMPA Partner to Launch New Audiovisual Revenue Stream for Music CreatorsNews of the deal arrives amid an ongoing feud between the parties over reduced publisher royalty rates in the U.S., a dispute that began in March 2024. Spotify5 October 24, 2025Ashley Gorley, Amy Allen, ‘Tennessee Whiskey’ Top 2025 NMPA Gold & Platinum Gala Honorees: ‘Long Live Songwriters’By Jessica Nicholson (via Billboard) The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) held its largest celebration for country songwriters of the year on5 October 23, 2025Songwriters Must Keep Score On Digital Services. Here’s How (Guest Column)Spotify, YouTube, Apple, TikTok – which streaming services support songwriters and which fight fair pay? NMPA president and CEO David Israelite explains.5 June 20, 2025Senators: Spotify’s Bundling Plan ‘Harms Consumers,’ Call on FTC to InvestigateBy Jem Aswad (via Variety) Senators Marsha Blackburn and Ben Ray Luján bitterly criticized Spotify’s music-audiobooks bundling plan, which lowers5 June 18, 2025NMPA Chief Calls Out ‘Unique Problem’ in the Music Industry: ‘Songwriters Don’t Stick Together’While it is technically an annual conference for a trade organization, the National Music Publishers’ Association’s membership meeting has become more5 Load More
June 11, 2026US music publishing revenues hit $7.3B in 2025, NMPA reveals at Annual Meeting honoring P!nk, Julian Bunetta and Harvey Mason jr.US music publishing revenues rose to USD $7.3 billion in 2025. That’s according to the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), which unveiled the5
June 11, 2026Spotify and Amazon Music’s Bundling Shenanigans Have Cost Music Publishers Nearly $500 Million Since 2024, NMPA RevealsSpotify and Amazon’s bundling strategy has had a major impact on music publishers’ royalty haul, resulting in nearly $500 million in lost royalties since5
June 11, 2026‘Songwriting Is Easy!’ Read ‘Espresso’ and ‘Lose Control’ Hitmaker Julian Bunetta’s Awesome Speech About the Art, Craft and Pain of Writing Music for a LivingWith hits under his belt like Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso,” Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control,” Gracie Abrams’ “That’s So True” and One5
June 10, 2026NMPA Inks Deals With Udio & KLAY, Marking First Industry-Wide Licensing Pacts With Major AI Music FirmsAt the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) annual meeting on Wednesday (June 10), president and CEO David Israelite announced the “first-ever5
May 21, 2026P!nk to Receive NMPA Songwriter Icon Award at Annual MeetingSongwriter Julian Bunetta and Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. are also set to be honored. Three days after she hosts the 2026 Tony Awards, P!nk is set5
February 12, 2026Ryan Tedder & David Israelite Talk Challenges Facing Songwriters Today: ‘It’s a Lottery Ticket… And It’s Not Sustainable’On the season 1 finale of Billboard‘s On the Record podcast, the musician and NMPA head discuss why songwriting is “a completely different5
January 2, 2026Sombr, Mustard, Alex Warren, Bon Iver Among Honorees at NMPA & Billboard Grammy Week Songwriter AwardsThe event, set to be held Jan. 28 in Hollywood, is the largest songwriter-focused event hosted during Grammy Week. With the big New Year’s blowout now in the5
November 12, 2025Spotify and NMPA Partner to Launch New Audiovisual Revenue Stream for Music CreatorsNews of the deal arrives amid an ongoing feud between the parties over reduced publisher royalty rates in the U.S., a dispute that began in March 2024. Spotify5
October 24, 2025Ashley Gorley, Amy Allen, ‘Tennessee Whiskey’ Top 2025 NMPA Gold & Platinum Gala Honorees: ‘Long Live Songwriters’By Jessica Nicholson (via Billboard) The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) held its largest celebration for country songwriters of the year on5
October 23, 2025Songwriters Must Keep Score On Digital Services. Here’s How (Guest Column)Spotify, YouTube, Apple, TikTok – which streaming services support songwriters and which fight fair pay? NMPA president and CEO David Israelite explains.5
June 20, 2025Senators: Spotify’s Bundling Plan ‘Harms Consumers,’ Call on FTC to InvestigateBy Jem Aswad (via Variety) Senators Marsha Blackburn and Ben Ray Luján bitterly criticized Spotify’s music-audiobooks bundling plan, which lowers5
June 18, 2025NMPA Chief Calls Out ‘Unique Problem’ in the Music Industry: ‘Songwriters Don’t Stick Together’While it is technically an annual conference for a trade organization, the National Music Publishers’ Association’s membership meeting has become more5
