Elizabeth Matthews marked her first decade as chief executive of ASCAP (American Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers) in 2025 – a year in which the organisation reported record revenue ...
The music publishing sector has been closely watching the Vetter v. Resnik case to determine the implications for international catalogues.
Here, Nick Breen, partner at Reed Smith, examines what ...
CISAC has released its 2026 Annual Report, detailing a year of "intensified global advocacy, policy engagement and progress" across the organisation's data infrastructure.
The report outlines how CISAC and its network ...
Former publishing exec Brittany Perry aims to pair unrecorded songs with artists and A&Rs...
While the music industry is quick to celebrate hits, what about the ones that got away?
PRS For Music royalty collections for 2025 increased by 7.7% year-on-year to £1.24 billion.
The society – which represents the rights of more than 190,000 songwriters, composers and music ...
Music Week noted a change of tone on streaming reform from the new government a year ago, as it pledged to “address concerns” over music creators’ earnings from streaming ...
Major UK record labels have committed to introduce a £75 per diem and cover expenses for songwriters attending their writing sessions.
The move for daily expense payments by labels has ...
TikTok has launched TikTok Songwriter Features in beta.
The new set of features and tools have been designed to highlight and give due credit on TikTok to the work of ...
Ivors Academy CEO Roberto Neri has told Music Week "the government has been listening" in the ongoing battle to protect creators' rights.
Neri, who has just completed his first year ...
The Ivors Academy has revealed U2 as the latest songwriters to become Academy Fellows, making Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. the first-ever Irish songwriters that the ...
