Just hours after Spotify announced its first-ever annual net profit, the National Music Publishers’ Association has launched an ongoing takedown initiative against the streaming giant for the ...

Spotify, a global audio streaming and media service provider, has sparked a major controversy for allegedly publishing AI-generated music attributed to deceased musicians. According to a Dexerto ...

From Sony's acquisition of Hipgnosis Songs Group to the majors' licenses with Suno and Udio, here are the stories that defined music publishing this year. The past year was a big one in the publishing ...

The National Music Publishers’ Assn. and Spotify, which have been embroiled in a longstanding feud centered on diminishing publisher royalty rates in the U.S., are taking a step together to bring a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I tell stories about creating environments that empower everyone. A spokesperson for Spotify disputed the veracity of the 2024 ...

(Reuters) - Spotify and Warner Music Group, which owns labels behind artists such as Ed Sheeran and Dua Lipa, signed a new multi-year deal for recording and publishing music, the companies said on ...

The new publishing agreement establishes a direct license between Spotify and Universal Music Publishing Group. By Zoe G. Phillips Spotify and Universal Music Group announced a new multiyear deal on ...

Since the heyday of radio, records, cassette tapes, and MP3 players, the branding of sound has evolved from broad genres like rock and hip-hop to “paranormal dark cabaret afternoon” and “synth space,” ...

The answer involves a remarkable — and lucrative, and ridiculous — scheme to game the way we find music today. Matt Farley has released thousands of songs with the goal of producing a result to match ...

The past year was a big one in the publishing world: In 2025, the U.S. government — which already regulates licensing rates for mechanical and, to a large degree, public performances royalties — began ...