Tag: publishing

Patrick Moxey’s Helix Records and Payday Music Publishing open European hub in central London
Its facilities include offices, recording studios, event and performance spaces, songwriting rooms, and content creation areas. Source...

Warner Chappell strikes global deal with France’s Kidding Aside – as electronic music indie launches publishing venture with Nicolas Klersy as Partner
Warner Chappell described Kidding Aside as "one of France's most influential independent electronic music companies." Source...

How to Recover From a Google Algorithm Update (2026 Guide)
Watching your traffic fall off a cliff is one of the worst feelings in publishing — and figuring out how to recover from a Google algorithm update is often the first real SEO crisis a site owner fac...

Wilson Pickett estate strikes deal with Primary Wave covering publishing catalog and name, image & likeness rights
Primary Wave announced the deal on Wednesday (September 2). Financial terms were not disclosed Source...

Now Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell sue Anthropic in multi-billion dollar lawsuit: ‘One of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history.’
The publishing arms of all three major music companies are now litigating against the Claude maker Source...

Sony Music Publishing wins Publisher of the Year at 2026 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards
The Sony-owned publisher landed the prize for representing 27 of the past awards year's most-performed R&B and hip-hop songs in BMI's repertoire Source...

Megan Thee Stallion inks deal with UMG’s Interscope – and keeps ownership of her masters
Megan retains complete ownership of her masters and publishing, and will keep releasing music through her own company, Hot Girl Productions. Source...

Weeks after Beyoncé’s ‘Alien Superstar’ sample suit was dismissed, a second one is filed – this time Beyoncé is a defendant
The other defendants are Parkwood Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music Publishing, W Chappell Music Corp. and John Holiday. Source...

Judge tosses shoe retailer DSW’s preemptive copyright suit against Sony Music
A federal judge dismissed the part of DSW's declaratory judgment lawsuit that targeted Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Music Publishing. Source...

Anthropic seeks partial dismissal in music publishers’ $3B lyrics suit – as CEO moves to drop the direct-infringement claim against him
The two filings target the case that Concord Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group and ABKCO are pursuing over more than 20,000 songs. Source...

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