US music rights society ASCAP collected a record-breaking $1.94 billion in revenue in the 2025 calendar year, up 6.0% over 2024, with $1.76bn available for royalty...
SoundExchange has signed a raft of new collaborative agreements with collective management organisations (CMOs) around the world for the collection of performance rights of recordings represented...
SACEM has disclosed that Sony Music, Warner Music and BMG have chosen the French rights society for the management of their mechanical rights in Europe. They...
France's rights society SACEM has disclosed that it will be applying a lower commission rate of 7% to online rights in 2026, down from 8% two...
The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) has expanded its partnership with technology provider Audoo, which has developed an audio tracking technology allowing to capture music played...
Columbia's authors' society SAYCO (Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de Colombia) has partnered with data specialists BMAT to handle VoD processing and music rights distribution. "Our...
Kelly Baden, Senior Vice President, Copyright, Royalties and Licensing Operations at Concord, has been appointed to the Operations Advisory Committee of the Mechanical Licensing Collective (The...
