In a letter to BMI CEO and president Mike O'Neill, songwriter groups ask for "real, substantive answers" about how its new business moves will affect signees.
New Mountain Capital is buying the performance rights organization, sources tell Billboard.
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.
Not to be confused with Phonorecords IV, covering royalty rates for the 2023-2027 term, which were approved last year.
A House judiciary committee hearing with industry leaders rehashed the MMA's successes and criticism of the Mechanical Licensing Collective it created.
Launched by Reps. Ted W. Lieu and Ben Cline, the bi-partisan caucus will focus on policies that benefit independent songwriters and intellectual property concerns.
The NYC camp announces partners including YouTube Music, SESAC, Amazon Music, BMI, Spotify, Hipgnosis and the Recording Academy.
The CRB named its rate for total content cost last week, siding with streaming services.
Rice is the first songwriter primarily known for his work in theater to receive this award since Stephen Sondheim in 1999.
