Growth in collections were powered by increases in digital as other key revenue streams were more or less flat in 2021.
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The MLC Has Distributed Almost $700m in Royalties to Songwriters and Publishers
by Emma Griffiths Oct 21, 2022The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) held its second Annual Membership Meeting this week, sharing key metrics from the last year.
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Reservoir Acquires the Catalog of Swing Icon Louis Prima
by Emma Griffiths Oct 20, 2022Reservoir has announced the acquisition of the catalog of songwriter and recording artist Louis Prima. The deal includes both publishing and recorded music catalogs.
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Publishing Catch-Up: Primary Wave Strikes $2bn Deal with Brookfield, New Portals Launch to Improve Music Rights Data & More
by Emma Griffiths Oct 06, 2022We catch up on this week’s music publishing news, from key deals and signings to new hires, legislation and more.
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PRS for Music Announces Highest Payment to Members in 108-Year History
by Emma Griffiths Oct 06, 2022£211m royalty distribution to PRS for Music members represents a 18% year-over-year increase of £32.5 million
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Ralph W. Peer Named Managing Director of peermusic Australia
by Emma Griffiths Oct 04, 2022Ralph W. Peer has been named Managing Director, peermusic Australia, expanding his role within the world’s premier independent music publishing firm
PRS for Music are launching an online portal publishing songwriter credits alongside critical links between works and recordings identifiers.
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BMG Enlists Cyanite for AI Tagging Across Catalog to Unlock New Value for Sync
by Emma Griffiths Sep 29, 2022Cyanite has signed a global deal with music giant BMG to unlock new value from its three-million-track catalog.
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The MLC Launches New Portal for Independent Music Distributors
by Emma Griffiths Sep 27, 2022The MLC’s new Distributor Unmatched Recordings Portal (DURP) will allow distributors to see the publicly available data for the unmatched recordings they’ve released.
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More Than 46% of Music Played on Broadcast & Cable TV in US is Production Music, Says New Report
by Emma Griffiths Sep 13, 2022New report finds that nearly half of all music played on top US broadcast and cable television networks is production music.
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Publishing Catch-Up: Pink Floyd’s £400 Million Payday, Kobalt Music in Talks to Sell to Francisco Partners & More
by Emma Griffiths Aug 25, 2022We catch up on this week’s music publishing news, from key deals and signings to new hires, legislation and more.
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Major Takeover Among German Music Publishers as ROBA Teams with Fund in €10m+ Acquisition of GERIG
by Emma Griffiths Aug 11, 2022This is one of the bigger music publishing takeovers in Germany with a seven figure NPS and selling price in the €10-20 million range.