Collective management organisations from Finland (Teosto), Norway (TONO) and Iceland (STEF) have joined ICE Core, the multi-territory digital music licensing hub operated by International Copyright Enterprise (ICE), a joint venture between the UK's PRS for Music, Germany's GEMA and Sweden's STIM.
Teosto, TONO, and STEF — which were already using the copyright services of ICE — will begin a phased onboarding to the ICE Core for online licensing and processing from January 1, 2026, following a det...

Germany's music rights society GEMA has announced that it will be cutting its online commission on all on-demand music distribution from 10% to 7% by 2027. GEMA said this move equals to a 30% drop compared to the initial value and estimated that payouts to GEMA members for online distribution will increase "significantly" by more than €6 million per year.

From January 2026, GEMA will start by cutting its online commission to 9%, in a first step towards "an even more effective distribution fo...

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has elected Alisa Coleman as a publisher member to the US rights society's Board of Directors. Coleman currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer of independent music publisher and record label. ABKCO Music & Records,
As COO, Coleman is responsible for overseeing all aspects of ABKCO’s operations, including business strategy, revenue growth and day-to-day management of its catalogue, which includes early Rolling Stones r...