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AI Stems for a New Era of Social Media Music
Social media is driving explosive ISRC growth as songs splinter into countless remixes and edits. Discover how AI Stems turns that fragmentation into new revenue.
Carmen Mas Franco
Aug 202 min read
Death by Spreadsheet: Signs Your Music Business Has Outgrown Excel (and What to Do Next)
Managing rights, repertoire, or catalog data in spreadsheets? Learn the telltale signs your organisation has outgrown spreadsheets and needs a more robust solution.
Meg Adams
May 285 min read
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
Soundtracking the Future: Production Music's Growing Role in a Shifting Media Landscape
Industry leaders from PRS for Music, MCPS and the Production Music Awards discuss creative excellence in gaming and TV soundtracks, ahead of the 12th annual PMA ceremony.
Meg Adams
Jul 311 min read
Auditing Your Assets: How to Run a Quick "Health Check" on Your Music Rights Data
We sat down with three members of the Synchtank team to get their honest take on what bad data actually looks like in the wild, what it costs, and exactly where to start if your catalog needs attention.
Meg Adams
Jun 410 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
May 2119 min read
Why Gaming Needs Streamlined Licensing Workflows
To unlock gaming as a sustainable revenue driver, the music industry must adopt standardized metadata pipelines and automated licensing infrastructure that transforms gaming into a core catalog monetization engine.
Carmen Mas Franco
21 hours ago2 min read
What Is Music Rights Management? The Complete Guide for Catalog Owners
Music rights management explained from copyright ownership and licensing to royalty collection. Everything you need to know, from the team at Synchtank.
Carmen Mas Franco
Aug 1310 min read
What Is Sync Licensing? The Complete Guide
Sync licensing explained - what it is, how sync deals work, who's involved, and how music libraries and publishers can maximise their sync revenue. From the team at Synchtank.
Carmen Mas Franco
Jul 309 min read
Micro-Licensing: How to Market Your Music Catalog
In this blog we’ll explore the concept of micro-licensing, the involvement of marketing and how this can be a true revenue generator for catalog owners with hundreds and millions of tracks.
Meg Adams
Aug 66 min read
Takedowns: "Restrict, Don't Delete" as a Rights Management Mantra
What does a music takedown really mean? From DSP delisting to sync license expiry, learn why rights management systems must restrict, not delete, historical data.
Carmen Mas Franco
Jul 233 min read
The Remote Catalog: How to Manage a Global Creative Team with a Centralized Asset Hub
Discover how a centralized asset hub transforms remote music management by unifying metadata and accelerating global sync pitching.
Andrea Zuckermann
Jun 253 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: Pophouse Acquires A Stake in Iron Maiden, US Music Publishing Revenues Hit $7.3B In 2025, Auditing Your Assets & More
From major acquisitions and catalogue deals to global signings, legal developments, investment, market insights, and the latest facts and figures, we've rounded up the essential headlines, along with a selection of thought-provoking reads you may have missed.
Meg Adams
Jul 169 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
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
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Publishing Catch-Up: Global Music Collections Up 28%, Battle Commences Over AI Lyrics, What’s Next for Hipgnosis?
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
Nov 2, 20235 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
Publishing Catch-Up: Independent Music Publishers Propose ‘Ethical’ AI Guidelines, Rights Acquisition Market Heats Up & More
It’s been a busy few weeks for catalog acquisitions, signings, lawsuits, and of course the continued debate around music and AI.
Meg Adams
Oct 12, 20236 min read
Supercharged Sync: How UnitedMasters is Connecting Artists and Brands at Scale
We catch up with Dan Hostetler to talk company vision, development of sync & brand services, and how it’s leveraging Synchtank to scale...
Emma Griffiths
Aug 31, 20235 min read
Publishing Catch-Up: What’s Going on at BMI, Publishing’s $250m Payday, AI Copyright Developments & More
All things music publishing that happened in August 2023, from deals, acquisitions, signings, lawsuits and much more.
Meg Adams
Aug 24, 20234 min read
Publishing Catch-Up: Collections for Songwriters and Publishers Soared in 2022, TikTok and WMG Sign “First of its Kind” Licensing Deal and More
We catch up on the latest music publishing news, from key deals, acquisitions, hires, legislation, the latest reports in music & much more.
Meg Adams
Jul 27, 20235 min read
Client Sync Spotlight: peermusic x Rooms to Go
We sat down with Craig Currier, VP Director of Advertising Markets at peermusic to talk about Jon Mero's sync in the Rooms to Go commercial.
Meg Adams
Jul 20, 20233 min read
“Sync’s Never Static”: Concord Sync Execs Discuss the Global Market and New Trends
Concord sync execs Brooke Primont and Adam Gardiner take the temperature of the global sync market and discuss opportunities and challenges.
Emma Griffiths
Jun 15, 20237 min read
In the Clear(ance) – Peter McGaughrin on Creating a Music Festival in Minecraft
In the Clear(ance) with Peter McGaughrin, Artist and Producer Manager at Red Light Management and co-owner of Chess Club Records.
Meg Adams
May 3, 20235 min read
Publishing Catch-Up: Primary Wave Bets $100m on Indian Music, Independent Music Publishers Represent 27.1% of the Market & More
We catch up on this week’s music publishing news, from key deals and signings to new hires, legislation and more.
Meg Adams
Apr 27, 20236 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
Infographic – Current Music Licensing Workflows & Complexities
The following Synchtank infographic shows the complex and time consuming workflows involved in music licensing and clearance.
Synchtank
Mar 24, 20231 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
In the Clear(ance) - Deborah Mannis-Gardner on Licensing Music in the Metaverse
Deborah Mannis-Gardner discusses the challenges of clearing music in the metaverse and her mission to future-proof music licensing for new technologies.
Emma Griffiths
May 11, 20226 min read
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