Publishers Are Driving A Full Stack Music Revolution [MIDiA’s Mark Mulligan]

As the value of music publishing catalogs have multiplied, so have the ways in which forward-thinking companies like Downtown, Round Hill, Kobalt, ole/Anthem, Primary Wave and Create Group monetized those. Continue reading

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Investors Flood $530M SESAC Capital Restructuring

Privately owned performing rights organization SESAC has completed a major refinancing of its capital structure, reports Billboard, selling $530 million in bonds and obtaining a $30 million revolving credit line.

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Audible Magic Monetizes Music On User Generated Content

Content ID solutions provider Audible Magic has launched its UGC Music Rights Platform (UMRP) which simplifies the licensing and administration of music rights for user generated content on social media.

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WED. BRIEF: Hipgnosis Raises +$63M • Rap Leaks • DoJ Consent Review • Fairwell KFOG • IEBA Noms • More

WEDNESDAY 8.28.19 Music Business News From Around The Web Updated continuously under the More News tab

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Beat House, Pulse Music Group Form Joint Venture

Los Angeles-based music services agency Beat House has signed a joint venture and worldwide co-publishing deal with Pulse Music Group.  Launched earlier this year, Beat House was founded by music. Continue reading

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QUICK HITS: Vevo • Merlin • Sweet • Kobalt •  Warner Chappell Music

Vevo has hired Scott Anderson as its new SVP of Engineering & Product.  Anderson brings with him over 25 years of technology experience and joins from startup Conversa Health, where. Continue reading

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Downtown Music’s Roberto Neri To Chair UK Publishers Assoc.

Robert Neri, the Executive VP of Downtown Music Publishing, has been named chair of UK trade organization the Music Publishers Association.

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Collect All The Revenue Your Recorded Music Can Earn: Pt. I

For a long time, many traditional music industry revenue sources were closed off to the independent artists, but these channels are starting to open up, providing some exciting new income. Continue reading

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When We Sleep Where Do Our Royalties Go? [VIDEO]

Despite numerous advancements in payment tech, it can still take ages for songwriters to see a penny of their earned revenue, and so AWAL, AMRA and Kobalt are teaming up. Continue reading

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BUSINESS OF INDIE: AIMP Summit Wraps • Commission + Big Noise • Resonance (Finally) Streams • More

In this edition of Business Of Indie, AIMP wraps its latest NYC indie music publishing summit,  Commission Records and Big Noise partner, seminal jazz label Resonance brings its music to. Continue reading

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