by Ashley Jones | May 23, 2022 | Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) today announced the honorees, keynote, and special segments for its Annual Meeting at New York’s Lincoln Center on June 15. Kennedy Center Honor, Grammy, Tony, Pulitzer Prize, and Emmy award winning...
by Ashley Jones | May 10, 2022 | Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) Gold & Platinum Program today announced the top songwriters for the first quarter of 2022, including the top artist-songwriter and top non-performing songwriter for the period. During January,...
by Ashley Jones | May 6, 2022 | Front Page, Media
The following op/ed comes from David Israelite, the President & CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA). NMPA is the trade association representing American music publishers and their songwriting partners. A new settlement between the National...
by Ashley Jones | May 6, 2022 | Front Page, Media
Last month, MBW told you about an epic negotiation going on in the United States over certain types of mechanical royalty rates paid to songwriters for sales of physical music, as well as downloads. Today (May 5), we learn that the groups representing songwriters,...
by Ashley Jones | May 6, 2022 | Front Page, Media
On Thursday (May 5), trade groups representing the major record labels, publishers and songwriters announced a settlement to increase the mechanical rate for physical and download sales to 12 cents per song — a 32% boost from the 9.1 cent rate that has been in place...
