The deal brings the rights of famous playwrights like Tennessee Williams, Sam Shepard and Alan Menken to Concord.
For decades, major labels have owned their recorded music catalogs. That industry standard is shifting as more artists demand short-term deals
Police are investigating after the U.K. collecting society discovered what sources have described as potentially fraudulent artist accounts and royalty claims.
The lawsuit is the latest in a string of cases to claim that a legally-cleared sample featured uncleared materials from an earlier song.
The rate decision, which comes after an arbitration process, is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2023.
The independent label and distributor, which previously used Merlin for its TikTok license, has reached a deal with the short-form video app individually.
The platform's refusal to work with Merlin on licensing deals sets a "dangerous precedent" for independent artists and their labels, writes A2IM's Richard James Burgess.
The collapse in negotiations between Merlin and TikTok raises questions around how big a role music plays in TikTok's business, and how much they want to pay for it.
Labels and publishers want their songs in video games, but their licensing agreements are often an obstacle.
“We get so many requests for these songs, and when we saw that request, we just said no way," she tells Billboard.
