Just hours after Spotify announced its first-ever annual net profit, the National Music Publishers’ Association has launched an ongoing takedown initiative against the streaming giant for the ...

Music publishers are asking Spotify to remove thousands of unlicensed songs from podcasts on its platform, a massive takedown request spanning work by megastars from Taylor Swift and Kendrick ...

The takedown program includes 19 NMPA member publishers including ABKCO, Anthem Entertainment, Big Machine Music, BMG, Concord Music Publishing, Downtown Music Publishing, Hipgnosis Songs Group ...

Louisiana Judge Shelly Dick ruled that songwriter Cyril E Vetter was able to reclaim all the rights he’d assigned to his music publisher under a 1963 publishing deal when he terminated that deal ...

Sony Music Publishing has announced the promotion of Katie Welle to president, head of u.S. A&R, effective February 1. Welle, who most recently served as senior vice president of creative for the ...

The 'Call Her Daddy' host will curate a 24/7 music channel for SiriusXM subscribers. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer Alex Cooper will debut new exclusive programming on SiriusXM, including a ...

He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. Spotify and Universal Music Group have signed a new multi-year agreement that could result in a tiered subscription approach ...

As we approach 2025, the publishing industry stands on the cusp of an AI-driven revolution that promises to transform how we create, distribute, and consume content. Since "Mass AI" launched in ...

The new multiyear partnership will expand monetization opportunities for recorded music and publishing, and align with UMG's new "Streaming 2.0" strategy outlined this year. By Kristin Robinson ...

And, as MBW’s sources nodded to earlier… it includes a surprise direct licensing agreement between Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) and Spotify in the United States (plus multiple other ...

Independent Melbourne-based publisher Text Publishing — the home of high-profile authors including Helen Garner, Michelle de Kretser and JM Coetzee — has been acquired by Penguin Random House ...