Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has received another, seemingly-final setback in his battle against UK collecting society PRS for Music.
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Cisac’s new AVR+ format aims to boost audiovisual payouts
Happy “the first fully documented and machine-readable technical format designed to transform how music data is shared and processed across the global audiovisual industry” day to those who celebrate. Which […]
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Spanish collecting society SGAE’s payouts grew by 3.1% in 2025
Another day, another collecting society reporting record revenues in 2025. This time it’s SGAE in Spain, with payouts of €360m.
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BMI buys cue-sheet management firm Soundmouse from Orfium
US-based PRO BMI has acquired Soundmouse, the cue-sheet management firm, from its previous owner Orfium in a deal announced this week.
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There’s now a collecting society just for AI-generated music
For now, most established collecting societies are not representing GenAI-music creators, amid concerns over the training models of the platforms that they use – and also questions about whether their work […]
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Socan reveals its collections hit a record $587m in 2025
Canadian collecting society Socan has published its financial results for 2025, revealing that its collections grew 5% year-on-year to $587m – a record for the organisation. However, that growth wasn’t quite reflected […]
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German collecting society GEMA reveals its 2025 distributions
“Strong growth despite difficult trading conditions,” is the summary of German collecting society GEMA’s 2025 in its annual report.
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Study reveals €1.06bn of private copying royalties in 2024
‘Private copying remuneration’ doesn’t make many headlines in the modern, streaming-focused music industry. A report published this morning will change that, at least for a day. It’s the work of Cisac, BIEM, […]
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Ascap distributed a record $1.76bn to its members in 2025
US collecting society Ascap has published its year-end figures for 2025, setting records for collections and royalty distributions.
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SoundExchange adds 17 more CMO partners around the world
There ain’t no neighbouring-rights party like a SoundExchange CMO partnerships party, as S Club 7 (sadly) never sang.
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Sacem brings its online-rights administration fee down to 7%
French collecting society Sacem has announced the latest drop in its administration fees. It will now be taking a 7% commission for the direct management of digital rights. This is part of […]
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Austrian collecting society AKM invests in AI startup Nowon
Don’t spit your breakfast out! Nowon isn’t a GenAI music startup that people can use to create tracks. It’s exploring a different angle.
