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Who Knew Working In Music Could Involve So Much Data?
Discover why data is the most valuable asset in the 2026 music industry. Learn how clean metadata and automated rights management protect your catalog's value.
Andrea Zuckermann
Apr 93 min read
Building Smarter Cue Sheets in a Digital World
Learn why cue sheets, metadata, and audio fingerprinting must work together to fix royalty gaps, reduce errors, and ensure accurate music rights payments.
Andrea Zuckermann
Mar 194 min read
Signed, Sealed, Delivered. Why Your Distribution Workflow is the Backbone of Your Music Business.
From fragmented delivery chains, missing metadata, and fulfilling different requirements for different DSPs. How do you adapt the package to meet the specific formatting and delivery requirements of each partner?
Andrea Zuckermann
Feb 193 min read
How To Keep Your Music Supervisor Happy Part 2
Hearing their point of view on the different sectors, juggling projects, and their biggest challenges gave us invaluable insight into how their world works...
Andrea Zuckermann
Nov 28, 20258 min read
Inside India’s Evolving Sync Market with Believe Sync
In this interview, we sit down with Megha Godwani, Head of Sync & Licensing (India), and Pete Beck, Global Head of Sync at Believe.
Meg Adams
Oct 15, 20256 min read
How To Keep Your Music Supervisor Happy
In this article we interviewed four music supervisors to hear from their point of view the challenges they face and how we can keep them happy and support their roles, like they support ours every day.
Meg Adams
Oct 2, 202515 min read
AI, Copyright and the Future of Production Music: A Turning Point for Our Industry
The UK’s AI copyright shift is redefining music value. Discover how production music can adapt through metadata, licensing, and rights control.
William Saunders
Apr 93 min read
Music Publishing Catch Up: Primary Wave Acquiring Kobalt, Bad Bunny Seeks $465,000 in Legal Fees & More
2026 has already started off to be an interesting year for music publishing so let’s take a look back at Q1 on all the essential news.
Andrea Zuckermann
Mar 269 min read
Welcoming a New Era for Larrosa's MusicTraders: How Their New Division is Reshaping Rights Acquisition
The "gold rush" era of music catalog acquisitions is a well known occurrence in the inustry.
Andrea Zuckermann
Mar 263 min read
Licencias de sincronización musical: Los 5 elementos esenciales
Te presentamos cinco consejos prácticos que te ayudarán a gestionar con confianza las licencias de sincronización y a convertirlas en un elemento importante de tu negocio.
Andrea Zuckermann
1 day ago4 min read
8 Useful Music Industry Job Finding Resources
Looking for a new music industry job? We run through 8 of the most useful online resources, from music industry jobboards to LinkedIn groups.
Synchtank
Apr 22 min read
Everything You Need To Know About Music Royalty Audits
Are you being paid what you're owed? Explore the royalty audit process with Y Royalties, from data analysis to settlement, and see how we achieve claims in 95% of cases.
Y Royalties
Mar 125 min read
Synchtank Report - Communication Breakdown: Complexities and Solutions in Music Rights Clearance
Our latest report exposes the disjointed processes behind sync clearance and identifies solutions to key challenges.
Synchtank
Nov 10, 20221 min read
Music Publishing in the Age of The Songwriter Report - Part 4: Digital Drivers of Growth
In the final part of our report, we examine existing & emerging income streams, and how music publishers can capitalize on new opportunities.
Synchtank
Jul 13, 202229 min read
Music Publishing in the Age of The Songwriter Report - Part 3: Economics, Transparency and Equality
Part 3 of our report focuses on the debate around music streaming economics and how songwriters can be more fairly remunerated in the digital age.
Synchtank
Jul 6, 202248 min read
Music Publishing Catch Up: 5.1% Indie Growth, Record PRS Payouts, Landmark AI Deals & more
As we close out the final quarter of 2025, we’re back to our music publishing catch up where we’ve curated the essential news from the last few months.
Andrea Zuckermann
Dec 23, 20257 min read
Publishing Catch Up: Miles Davis Catalog Acquired, Spotify Announces Direct and Global Licensing Deals, BMI Radio Rates Jump 24%, & More.
We are back with this quarter's publishing catch up, with the latest music publishing news, including; acquisitions, signing, funding, facts and figures, new hires, and more.
Meg Adams
Oct 9, 20257 min read
Publishing Catch Up: Songwriters & Publishers Are Making Over $11bn, Warner Chappell Music signs Diplo, Budweiser’s Royalty Loophole Ad, & More.
Q2 2025 has come to a close and we are back with this quarter's publishing catch up, where we collate the latest music publishing news.
Meg Adams
Jul 3, 20258 min read
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Publishing Catch Up: Sony Snaps Up Queen Catalog, NMPA Hits Spotify with FTC Complaint, Record Breaking Collections & More
We catch up on the latest music publishing news, including; acquisitions, signing, funding, facts and figures, new hires, legal and more.
Meg Adams
Jun 26, 20244 min read
CISAC Annual Report: AI Battles, International Agendas, and ISWC Progress
AI challenges, international agendas, and increased adoption of the ISWC are key talking points in this year's CISAC report.
Emma Griffiths
May 25, 20245 min read
Synchronized Swimmingly?: The State of Sync in 2024
The need for the sector to evolve has always been there, it is just the speed at which it needs to evolve that is changing.
Eamonn Forde
May 1, 202412 min read
Publishing Catch-Up: MLC Audits DSPs, Snoop Gets Into Production Music, AI Battles Continue
In this month’s music publishing catch-up on the latest publishing news, from acquisitions to facts and figures, new hires and more.
Meg Adams
Jan 18, 20245 min read
Anticipating the Future of Music and Media: What Lies Ahead in 2024?
We dissect and wrap up expert predictions for the music, media and entertainment industries in 2024 and beyond.
Meg Adams
Jan 10, 20249 min read
2023 in Review: From New Royalty Models to Catalog Sales and Label Services Powering Forward
User-centric payments, marquee catalogue sales, individual artists buying/retaining their own rights and label services powering forward.
Eamonn Forde
Dec 20, 202310 min read
AI of the Storm: Artificial Intelligence and the Music Industry in 2023
We explore the biggest AI and music developments of the year and how the industry is responding to the challenges and opportunities emerging.
Eamonn Forde
Dec 13, 202315 min read
How AI is Revolutionizing Music Discovery and Unlocking More Value From Catalogs
We break down the meaning and importance of AI-powered search and discovery solutions and how anyone working with music can harness them.
Meg Adams
Nov 30, 20234 min read
Reimagining Rights Clearance for the Digital Era
Why rights clearance - an often overlooked yet essential facet of the entertainment industry - urgently needs a digital transformation.
Emma Griffiths
Nov 16, 20233 min read
Sync in 2023: Opportunities, Challenges, Uncertainties and Revisions
There is a lot going on in sync licensing in 2023 - and a lot of forces simultaneously pulling the sector in multiple directions.
Eamonn Forde
Oct 26, 202311 min read
Production Values: Strikes, AI and the Future for Production Music
With the Production Music Conference taking place next week, we check in with key players in the market to understand the evolving challenges and opportunities.
Eamonn Forde
Sep 28, 20237 min read
Independent Music Publishing Sector Valued at €2.8 Billion, Says IMPF
Global music publishing market was worth €7.68bn in 2021, with the independent sector accounting for 27.1% of the total, says IMPF.
Emmanuel Legrand
Apr 20, 202310 min read
The Key Issues at DDEX’s 41st Plenary Meeting
Digital Data Exchange, LLC (DDEX) will be holding its 41st Plenary Meeting in London at the offices of Meta.
Mark Isherwood
Apr 13, 20232 min read
5 Media Industry Trends and Their Impact on Music Licensing and Clearance
We take a look at some of the developing trends across the media and entertainment space and examine their potential impact on music.
Emma Griffiths
Apr 4, 20237 min read
Movie On Up: Action Time For Film Soundtrack Acquisitions
What is behind the recent flurry of activity? And what does investment in film and TV music offer that chart-oriented investments do not?
Eamonn Forde
Mar 14, 202310 min read
Intelligence Test: Techno-Plagiarism and the Battle for Music in a New Age of AI
AI is arguably the hottest topic in the music industry right now. We explore the copyright implications and potential licensing frameworks for AI generated music.
Eamonn Forde
Feb 23, 202311 min read
Growth x Complexity: Tracking Music Publishing's Royalty Admin Challenges
As data volumes continue to explode in the digital age, we examine the evolving royalty admin challenges for music publishers.
Eamonn Forde
Dec 14, 20227 min read
Library Assistance: Production Music's $1bn (and Counting) Surge
Tracking production music's impressive growth and the technology solutions that are propelling this sector forward.
Eamonn Forde
Dec 7, 20228 min read
Clear Thinking: Why Music Clearance Remains So Complex and How That Can Be Fixed
Why is music clearance becoming increasingly complex and what are the solutions? Eamonn Forde investigates.
Eamonn Forde
Nov 17, 20228 min read
CISAC's Global Collections Report 2022: Key Takeaways
Growth in collections were powered by increases in digital as other key revenue streams were more or less flat in 2021.
Emma Griffiths
Oct 27, 20223 min read
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