by Ashley Jones | Apr 28, 2022 | Front Page, Media
Monday’s announcement that Elon Musk would buy Twitter for $44 billion spurred a tsunami of speculation about what the world’s richest man would attempt to do with the platform, and how those actions would impact its more than 200 million daily users. Sen. Elizabeth...
by Ashley Jones | Mar 28, 2022 | Front Page, Media
Danielle Aguirre Executive VP/General Counsel, National Music Publishers’ Association Any upstart technology company that uses music to help build a user base can expect a call from the NMPA if it’s not paying royalties along the way. Over the last 18 months, the NMPA...
by Ashley Jones | Mar 28, 2022 | Front Page, Media
Danielle Aguirre Executive VP/General Counsel, National Music Publishers’ Association Aguirre shared recognition as Billboard’s Women in Music Co-Executive of the Year in 2018 with Jacqueline Charlesworth, Susan Genco and Dina LaPolt for their support of the Music...
by Ashley Jones | Feb 15, 2022 | Front Page, Media
IndiaArie was already tired of the meager checks she was receiving from Spotify when Neil Young decided to bolt from the platform. Young had clashed with the streaming service over its popular podcast host, Joe Rogan, whom he accused of spreading coronavirus...
by Ashley Jones | Feb 2, 2022 | Front Page, G&P, Media
The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) has announced the top songwriters for Q4 2021, including the top artist-songwriter and top non-performing songwriter for the period. During October, November and December of last year, 1,695 Gold, Platinum and...
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...
