by Ashley Jones | Jan 31, 2022 | Front Page, Media
Neil Young recently pulled his music from Spotify prompting a conversation about Joe Rogan, and what started as a boycott over a podcaster has launched a closer examination of the platform’s ethics on several fronts. Whether it’s payments to musicians, its podcast...
by Ashley Jones | Jan 26, 2022 | Front Page, Media
With the pandemic having lasted for almost two years now, it’s been a rough period for almost everyone in the music industry, and particularly for touring artists and people working in the concert industry. However, some royalties for songwriters & music...
by Ashley Jones | Jan 26, 2022 | Front Page, Media
David Israelite President/CEO, National Music Publishers’ Association Under Israelite, in 2021 the NMPA struck precedent-setting deals with Roblox and Twitch that secured new royalties for publishers and songwriters. With the goal of “[paving] the way for music to be...
by Ashley Jones | Jan 25, 2022 | Front Page, Media
Is the future of music streaming on the blockchain? Audius, a blockchain-based streaming service, has made noise for the past year, thanks to its technology and artist investors like Katy Perry and Lil Nas X, but its openness, and the piracy that results, have raised...
by Ashley Jones | Dec 2, 2021 | Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) Gold & Platinum Program today announced the top songwriters for the third quarter of 2021, including the top artist-songwriter and top non-performing songwriter for this period. During July,...
