royalties

Universal prevails in lawsuit alleging it owed artists $750m in Spotify royalties

A US District Court judge has ruled that UMG had 'wide discretion' in negotiating royalty rates with Spotify

PRS for Music’s latest quarterly distribution was $288.7m, its ‘largest single royalty payment’ to date

The figure represents a 13% jump compared to last year’s October distribution

SoundExchange sues SiriusXM over alleged $150m in unpaid royalties owed to artists and rightsholders

'SiriusXM has and continues to wrongfully exploit the rules to significantly underpay the satellite royalties that it owes,' said SoundExchange President and CEO Michael Huppe

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Queen shows no sign of fading into history as band’s earnings jump 4.3% to $50m in 2022

Latest annual report published by Queen Productions Ltd.

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Sacem’s revenues jumped 34% to $1.49bn in 2022. How did that compare to other leading PROs?

Sacem paid out €1.056 billion ($1.112 billion) to authors, composers and publishers worldwide in the year, marking a 19% YoY jump

Analysis

Universal and SoundCloud are in talks over a new way to pay artists for streaming

MBW Explains is a series of analytical features in which we explore the context behind major music industry talking points – and suggest what might happen next.

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