by Ashley Jones | Sep 1, 2022 | Front Page, Media, Uncategorized
Agreement means publishers will get as much as 15.35% of music streamers’ revenue, phased in during a five-year period Music publishers and streaming services reached an agreement to raise the rates songwriters get paid when their music is played on Spotify and other...
by Ashley Jones | Sep 1, 2022 | Front Page, Media, Uncategorized
An explainer on how songwriter streaming royalties will grow from 2023 to 2027. Songwriter and publisher U.S. mechanical streaming royalty rates are going up — slowly — to a headline rate of 15.35% of total revenue from 2023-2027. That’s the big news out of...
by Ashley Jones | Aug 31, 2022 | Front Page, Media
Remembers the ugly dust-up between music publishers and the likes of Spotify and Amazon Music in the US over mechanical royalty rates? That historic music biz battle began in 2018, when the NMPA (National Music Publishers’ Association) secured a vital ruling from the...
by Ashley Jones | Aug 31, 2022 | Press Release
Settlement delivers higher mechanical rates, bolsters support for songwriters Washington, D.C. – The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI), and the Digital Media Association (DiMA) today...
by Ashley Jones | Aug 12, 2022 | Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) Gold & Platinum Program today announced the top songwriters for the second quarter of 2022, including the top artist-songwriter and top non-performing songwriter for the period. During April, May...
