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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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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
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Build vs. Buy in 2026: Why Music Companies Need to Prioritize Competency Over Code
We explore why the industry’s most agile players are moving away from DIY infrastructure and toward specialized SaaS platforms to reclaim their most valuable asset: time.

Andrea Zuckermann
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Your Rules, Your Platform: Taking Control with User Permissions
When deciding how to manage your catalog, user permissions is an important factor to take into account.

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Metadata Search: The Hidden Key to Music Discovery
In this blog we cover what metadata is, why it metadata search matters and the tech that can help you get there.

Andrea Zuckermann
Aug 5, 20253 min read


What The Hexx Is DDEX?
Understanding and correctly implementing DDEX standards is critical to the way music metadata is shared, royalties are tracked, & revenue flows through the digital music ecosystem.

Paul s'Jacob
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Your Music, Your Brand, Your Website: Showcase Smarter with Synchtank
In a world where anything can be googled, people and businesses alike are held to a higher standard than before...

Andrea Zuckermann
Jul 30, 20253 min read


Pitch Perfect – 6 Ways to Optimize Your Sync Playlists
We run through some key ways to leverage tools to optimize your playlists and pitches and step up your sync game.

Emma Griffiths
Jul 30, 20253 min read


Catalog Management: Clean Data, Clear Rights, More Revenue
When it comes to managing high volumes of data, there’s nothing more frustrating than a system that can’t keep up.

Andrea Zuckermann
Jul 24, 20253 min read


Synchtank Taps AudioShake to Unlock Catalog Value Through AI
Synchtank and AudioShake, announced an innovative new partnership that promises to unlock more catalog revenue.

Synchtank
Aug 12, 20242 min read


Synchtank 2024 Highlights So Far - Advanced Rights, AI Stems, Release Deals & More
We're on a mission to revolutionize music industry efficiencies! Here’s a recap of our most exciting developments in the first half of 2024.

Emma Griffiths
Jul 19, 20242 min read


Synchtank appoints Amy Hegarty as new CEO
Synchtank announces the appointment of Amy Hegarty as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Synchtank
Jul 15, 20242 min read


Synchtank raises $5.8m in Series A funding round led by Octopus Ventures
We're delighted to announce that Synchtank has completed a $5.8 million Series A fundraise.

Synchtank
Nov 23, 20211 min read


Drowning in Data: A Wake-Up Call for the Music Industry
The report examines the challenges music publishers are facing with regards to rights, royalties and payments in the digital age.

Eamonn Forde
Apr 6, 20218 min read


Introducing the NFL Music Library, Powered by Synchtank
For the first time ever, content creators can access the NFL Music Library in full via a new Synchtank-powered site.

Synchtank
Nov 6, 20202 min read


Synchtank Taps 20th Century Fox Royalty Executive, Leading Developers to Bolster Royalty Accounting Platform IRIS
We’re excited to announce the hire of several new executives to bolster our royalty accounting platform, IRIS.

Synchtank
Sep 6, 20202 min read


Synchtank Unveils IRIS, a Royalty Accounting and Valuation Software Platform
We’re thrilled to announce the latest addition to our software suite, royalty accounting platform IRIS.

Synchtank
Mar 24, 20203 min read


Synchtank Featured in Music Ally's Sandbox Magazine SYNC IN Issue
We're delighted to be featured in the latest issue of Sandbox, Music Ally's digital music marketing magazine.

Synchtank
Feb 21, 20191 min read
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