An "in-depth" study will analyze streaming data to evaluate the viability of different economic models for remunerating songwriters, composers and rights holders.
The company is planning changes to its royalty model for 2024 that will disqualify some tracks from payments and increase penalties for fraud.
The company sharply cut its expected retroactive royalty payments. Competitors are confident they won’t follow suit.
The performance rights organization said its new-model goal is to distribute 85% of the licensing revenue it collects to songwriters and publishers.
Deezer's new model doesn't address some of the fundamental issues with the economics of streaming, says former Sony Music exec Thomas Hesse.
In a new filing, the satellite-radio giant says SoundExchange’s “so-called audit” is “flawed" and claims SiriusXM has paid all of the royalties it owes.
Lean-back listening has gotten a bad rap, but streamers and rights holders should recognize the value it brings to fans.
In the formerly unknown singer-songwriter's Hot 100-topping week, Billboard estimates he earned over $350,000 in royalties.
The complicated process of readjusting royalties owed for the 2018-2022 will include settling over- and under-payments.
The Radio Music Licensing Committee is still awaiting the outcome of appeal, in effort to combine the processes and pit the PROs against each other.
