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ASCAP names Jackson Wagener as Senior Vice President and Head of General Licensing

He will oversee the team that licenses the organization's repertory of over 20 million musical works to restaurants, bars, fitness studios, live music venues, and other establishme...

APRA AMCOS Reports Record-High Revenue, Local Content Streams Experience ‘Devastating’ Dip

The Australasian rights organization has posted all-time-high revenue of A$857.4 million, up 8.8%.

BMG’s Jim Selby elected to ASCAP Board of Directors

Selby has joined the board as a publisher member, ASCAP President and Chairman of the Board Paul Williams. Source

Mike Sistad and Evyn Mustoe Johnston exit ASCAP Nashville after a combined 39 years at the PRO (report)

Sistad had worked at ASCAP since 2001, while Johnston joined the Nashville team in 2012. Source

Stella Lefty Celebrates “Boston” No. 1 Success With ASCAP and BMI

Stella Lefty is having a breakout year, and Nashville’s music industry gathered to celebrate one of the biggest songs of her young career. ASCAP and BMI recently brought together L...

Song Biz With Sublime, Ashley Gorley, and More

Motown Signs Hawthorne Signed to Motown Gospel, Grammy-nominated Koryn Hawthorne (The Voice finalist) releases Big Gospel this month (produced by J. White Did It - Doechii, Cardi B...

Apple, Amazon, Spotify, and YouTube Are Now Paying All Songwriter/Publisher Royalties Directly to Word Collections on Be...

Apple, Amazon, Spotify, YouTube, TikTok, and more have entered into agreements allowing Word Collections to license and collect all songwriter and music publisher royalties for its...

Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic

Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell have filed suit against Anthropic in the US District Court for the Northern District of California seeking damages for "tens of thousands"...

Songwriters of North America (SONA) Tees Up Splashy Awards Dinner at LA’s Skirball Center

Songwriters of North America announces the 2026 SONA Awards at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles on October 29. Advocacy organization Songwriters of North America (SONA)...

Cezary Skubiszewski to Be Saluted at 2026 Screen Music Awards

APRA AMCOS' annual ceremony will be presented Wednesday, Oct. 28 at Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane, Australia.

Canada’s SOCAN sues Suno over copyright infringement in the making of AI music

SOCAN is Canada’s performing rights organization and, as such, is responsible for policing the use of music made by its thousands of members. Its job is to make sure its artists ar...

Sony Music Publishing wins Publisher of the Year at 2026 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards

The Sony-owned publisher landed the prize for representing 27 of the past awards year's most-performed R&B and hip-hop songs in BMI's repertoire Source

The Next Generation of Cue Sheet Creation: How AI-Optimized Content Recognition Is Transforming Music Reporting

For media productions, cue sheets may seem like routine paperwork, but they sit at a critical point in the royalty chain. When they are complete, accurate, and delivered on time, t...

The Swift-Kelce Songwriting Problem: Who Owns the Story and Who Owns the Money

Amazon Music Seeks Lower Songwriter Rates For 2028

Amazon Music's royalty proposal put songwriter pay and audiobook bundles at the center of a federal rate fight for 2028–2032.

SOCAN Is Suing Suno

SOCAN's battle against AI music is intensifying, as the organization is suing generative AI platform Suno. SOCAN is accusing Suno of

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Sony, Warner Music Sue Anthropic Over 'Brazen' IP Theft

Sony Music and Warner Chappell Music have accused Anthropic in California federal court of carrying out a "brazen campaign" of musical composition theft, alleging the Claude-maker...

Common Accepts SAG-AFTRA & SoundExchange’s Artist Impact Award: ‘Makes Me Feel Like I’ve Got to Do More’

The new award honors an artist whose work crosses creative boundaries.

Apollo Craftily Scores a $1.25 Billion Ownership Chunk of BMG+Concord

Apollo reveals that its managed funds and affiliates have provided a $1.25 billion equity capital solution to support the BMG+Concord merger. American asset management firm Apollo...

BMI launches free service to help US songwriters and composers find healthcare coverage

Called BMI Health Connect, the service has been created in collaboration with Gallagher Alternative Health Solutions, an insurance brokerage. Source