by Ashley Jones | Oct 25, 2021 | Front Page, Media
Music publishers are demanding a bigger piece of the streaming pie for songwriters. The National Music Publishers Association and five major streamers—Spotify Technology SA, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., AMZN -2.75% Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG -2.89% YouTube and Sirius XM...
by Ashley Jones | Oct 25, 2021 | Front Page, Issues, Media
The NMPA and NSAI are in a “David versus Goliath courtroom scenario that began with rate proposals that were submitted from all sides to the court last week,” write the organizations’ leaders. Next year, a trial will take place that will determine...
by Ashley Jones | Oct 19, 2021 | Front Page, Issues
This guest column was written by David Israelite, president & CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association, the trade association representing American music publishers and their songwriting partners. They say there are no secrets in the music...
by Ashley Jones | Oct 18, 2021 | Front Page, Media
You can listen to the MBW Podcast above or via this link. Late yesterday (October 14), the National Music Publishers’ Association made the claim that a number of digital service owners – including Spotify, Apple, Amazon, and Google – are trying to cut the amount of...
by Ashley Jones | Oct 15, 2021 | Front Page, Issues
You might want to sit down for this one, songwriters. Music streaming service owners including Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Pandora and Google have all filed documents with the US Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) this week to tell them what they think they should pay...
