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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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Syncing or Rising? How Synchronization Fees Are Evolving
As the media and entertainment landscape continues to evolve, Eamonn Forde explores the impact on sync licensing fees and budgets.
Eamonn Forde
Sep 28, 202212 min read
The "Fifth Wheel": Just How Financially Secure is Music Publishing?
How financially secure can the music publishing world allow itself to feel in the streaming age? Eamonn Forde investigates.
Eamonn Forde
Sep 15, 20227 min read
Licensing, Lawsuits and Revenue Sharing: Meta's Evolving Relationship with the Music Industry
From litigation to expired licensing deals and the announcement of a new revenue share model, it's been an eventful week for Meta.
Eamonn Forde
Jul 28, 20226 min read
Know Your Rights: Will Economic Uncertainty Slow Down the Music Catalog Boom?
Higher interest rates, inflation and the war in Ukraine have prompted questions about what happens next in the music catalog market.
Ben Gilbert
May 26, 20228 min read
High Fidelity: How Can Advancements in AI Music Metadata Revolutionize Sync?
Ben Gilbert explores the emergent tools and profiles two AI music metadata companies to assess how this technology can take the industry forward.
Ben Gilbert
May 18, 20228 min read
Client Sync of the Month: Deep Dive - Position Music x Bridgerton
In our brand new Client Sync of the Month Deep Dive feature we're spotlighting some of our clients' most exicting placements and delving into the stories behind them.
Emma Griffiths
May 11, 20223 min read
Web3-Casting: Music Companies Preparing for the Next Revenue Boom
As the major music companies continue to develop their Web3 strategies, Eamonn Forde explores the significant potential for revenue generation and industry growth.
Eamonn Forde
Mar 16, 20227 min read
Revolution Indie Air: Independent Music Publishers Call for a Greater Share of Streaming Revenues
IMPF's Global Market View report examines the independent music publishing sector in 2021 and calls for a re-slicing of the digital pie.
Eamonn Forde
Jan 13, 20228 min read
10 Interesting Collaborations Between Recording Artists and Film/TV in 2019
Looking back at 2019, there were some great examples of recording artists elevating the performance of a film or TV show.
Kriss Edward Thakrar
Jan 6, 20206 min read
For the (Re-)Record: Here's What You Need to Know About Re-Recording Restrictions
Artist manager Mark Tavern takes a look at the details involved in a little-known aspect of artist contracts: re-recording restrictions, and examines what they mean for the artist-label relationship moving forward.
Mark Tavern
Aug 6, 20198 min read
Theatrical Rights and Music Publishing: A Look Behind the Curtain
As musical theatre continues to dominate theatre-land, Eamonn Forde takes a look at the different types of rights that apply and the business and licensing practices involved.
Eamonn Forde
Mar 7, 201910 min read
How Do We Get More Women In Music?
Has the music industry got a gender problem? And if so, what can be done about it? Rhian Jones heads to AIM's Women in Music event to gain some insight into the issue from some of the industry's finest.
Rhian Jones
Jan 27, 20175 min read
A Quick Look at Music Recommendation Technology
Chances are your digital music service of choice uses some form of technology for the new tracks it recommends to you. But just how does this technology work? And how effective is it? The Sync Project takes a quick look.
The Sync Project
Nov 17, 20163 min read
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