In 2024, global collections from the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) network of rights societies around the world rose by +6.6%, reaching a record €13.97 billion, thanks mainly to an 11.2% rise in digital revenues, according to CISAC's latest 'Global Collections Report 2025'. Over the past decade, CISAC figures show global collections have grown by two-thirds.
Digital revenues were the primary drivers of growth, as subscriber numbers and new contract neg...

Independent music publishing company peermusic has signed Norwegian singer, songwriter, producer and recording artist Aurora Aksnes, professionally known as Aurora, to a go-forward worldwide publishing agreement.
Aurora commented: “I’m really excited to work with the team at peermusic. After spending some time with Ralph [W. Peer, Managing Director, U.K., Australasia and Vice President of peermusic’s African and Middle East operations], Harry [Knyt, Head of A&R, UK, peermusic] and Dylan [Mye...

Australia is joining the cohort of countries with a mandatory content obligation on streaming services. The Labour Government will introduce in Parliament in the coming weeks legislation that will require video streaming with more than one million Australian subscribers to invest at least 10% of their total expenditure for Australia – or 7.5% of their revenue – on new local drama, children’s, documentary, arts and educational programmes.
The figure falls short of the 20% quota requested by Scree...