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Managing Multiple Versions: How to Track Remixes, Edits, and Covers Without Losing Your Mind
Managing a growing music catalog is more than just storing files, it’s about maintaining a "single source of truth". Learn how a centralized asset hub prevents "dark data" and ensures your entire catalog remains discoverable and sync-ready in a fast-paced market.
Andrea Zuckermann
Apr 223 min read
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
What Your Artist Manager Wishes You Knew?
In this article we interviewed four artist managers to hear from their point of view the challenges they face, what they wish their partners understood, and how labels, publishers, and production music companies can work better with them every day.
Meg Adams
6 days ago19 min read
From Detection to Decision: How Cyanite Approaches AI-Generated Music
Explore how Cyanite is navigating the rise of generative AI in music in this interview with Roman Gebhardt.
Andrea Zuckermann
May 79 min read
Scaling Music Licensing in the Creator Economy: A Conversation with Ryan Neill
Learn how Ryan Neill is scaling music licensing for the creator economy. Insights on micro-licensing, metadata, and the evolving sync landscape.
Andrea Zuckermann
Apr 3010 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
The Metadata Checklist: Why Metadata Is the Main Stage
If the song is the star, metadata is the stage. In the digital era, clean data is the difference between a viral hit and a lost royalty check.
Andrea Zuckermann
May 132 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
Apr 164 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
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, 202228 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, 202247 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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Spirit Production Music Combines Powerful Technology and World-Class Expertise with Launch of New Website
Spirit Production Music is making it easy for content creators to find the best music for their projects. Here the team takes us through their innovative approach and powerful new site.
Emma Griffiths
Jul 4, 20205 min read
Forever Changes: Assessing the Post-Pandemic Film and TV Landscape and the Potential Impact on Sync
As film and TV productions start to open up again, Ben Gilbert examines the potential implications for the sync sector and speaks to experts in this field.
Ben Gilbert
Jun 24, 20209 min read
Crisis Management Lessons from the Music Industry
Kriss Thakrar takes a deep dive into how the music industry has reacted to major economic crises in the past and what we can learn from this today.
Kriss Edward Thakrar
Mar 27, 202017 min read
Over and Over: How the Digital Song Economy is Generating Hit After Hit
Ben Gilbert takes a look at the song economy and how digital platforms and sync placements are allowing classic songs to be hits over and over again.
Ben Gilbert
Feb 25, 20205 min read
Bowling Ally: Why the NFL Gives Music its Biggest Touchdown of the Year
Eamonn Forde takes a deep dive into the business of Super Bowl sync placements and the music licensing deals behind this momentous sporting event.
Eamonn Forde
Feb 3, 202010 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
Brave New Word: Licensing Lyrics on Merchandise
With lyrics becoming more commonplace in artist merchandise, Eamonn Forde takes a look at the business and opportunities associated with this area of music licensing.
Eamonn Forde
Jan 4, 20208 min read
Disillusion or Revolution? Understanding AI's Role in the Future of Music Rights
Synchtank CEO Rory Bernard discusses the current state of AI applications in the music industry and what future AI applications may look like.
Rory Bernard
Oct 23, 20195 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
Josh Rabinowitz Reflects on Over Two Decades in the Music-Advertising Scene and Launch of New Consultancy
The former EVP/Director of Music at Grey reflects on his time in the music-advertising space so far and the launch of his new consultancy, the Brooklyn Music Experience.
Josh Rabinowitz
Jul 25, 20195 min read
Touring Goes Beyond the Grave: Behind the Business, Technology and Ethics of the Hologram Concert Revolution
Eamonn Forde investigates the deals, licensing and technology behind hologram tours, the financial benefits they bring to the industry, and the ethical considerations involved in this controversial concert format.
Eamonn Forde
Jul 23, 201910 min read
Lyrical Graffiti: Lyric Licensing Goes Back to the Top of the Agenda
Eamonn Forde looks at the current state of lyric licensing and discovers why lyrics never been more important and never more contested than they are today.
Eamonn Forde
Jun 25, 20197 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
For What It's Worth: Putting a Value on Music Publishing Catalogues
Eamonn Forde speaks to several players in the sector to learn about the key value drivers and factors that guide music publishing catalogue valuations.
Eamonn Forde
Jan 25, 201910 min read
Lutz Stay Together: How Figure Skating Got Lyrical (And What This Means For Music Copyright Owners)
A look at how the new musical rules of figure skating, introduced at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics, will change the shape of the sport, and bring about "huge opportunities" for music copyright owners.
Eamonn Forde
Feb 26, 20186 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
Projecting Trends: How Piracy Changed Music Discovery & Licensed Services Pushed It Forward
As we continue our 'Projecting Trends' series, digital strategist Bas Grasmayer takes a look into the history of online music discovery, and what the present tells us about the future.
Bas Grasmayer
Aug 22, 20168 min read
Projecting Trends: Bots, Recommendation Engines & the New Music Economy
In the second installment of our 'Projecting Trends' series, digital strategist Bas Grasmayer takes a look at bots and recommendation engines, and what they mean for the music business.
Bas Grasmayer
Aug 8, 20166 min read
Guild of Music Supervisors Awards 2016: A look at the winners
We bring you the inside scoop on all the winners at the 6th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards in LA last week.
Emma Griffiths
Jan 26, 20168 min read
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