Tag: publishing

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.’

admin — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:51:27 +0000

The publishing arms of all three major music companies are now litigating against the Claude maker

Sony Music Publishing wins Publisher of the Year at 2026 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:58:51 +0000

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

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Megan Thee Stallion inks deal with UMG’s Interscope – and keeps ownership of her masters

admin — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 15:50:40 +0000

Megan retains complete ownership of her masters and publishing, and will keep releasing music through her own company, Hot Girl Productions.

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Weeks after Beyoncé’s ‘Alien Superstar’ sample suit was dismissed, a second one is filed – this time Beyoncé is a defendant

admin — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:55:36 +0000

The other defendants are Parkwood Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music Publishing, W Chappell Music Corp. and John Holiday.

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Judge tosses shoe retailer DSW’s preemptive copyright suit against Sony Music

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:58:26 +0000

A federal judge dismissed the part of DSW's declaratory judgment lawsuit that targeted Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Music Publishing.

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Anthropic seeks partial dismissal in music publishers’ $3B lyrics suit – as CEO moves to drop the direct-infringement claim against him

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:19:22 +0000

The two filings target the case that Concord Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group and ABKCO are pursuing over more than 20,000 songs.

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BMG acquires Wolfmother frontman Andrew Stockdale’s publishing and recorded rights

admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:00:04 +0000

BMG has published Stockdale globally since 2016, and the acquisition adds his recorded music royalties and neighboring rights to that relationship.

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Sony generated $3.12B from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q2 2026, up 12.7% YoY

admin — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:53:58 +0000

Michael Jackson's Thriller album was Sony's biggest-selling artist project around the world in calendar Q2 2026, boosted by the Michael biopic movie

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Universal Music Group generated $3.83B in Q2, up 13.3% YoY – driven by Noah Kahan, BTS, Olivia Rodrigo, Drake, and Olivia Dean

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:59:26 +0000

UMG published its fresh set of quarterly results on July 30

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Spencer LeBoff appointed Head of Revenue at Matt Spetzler’s Pipeline

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 07:59:04 +0000

His appointment coincides with Pipeline's expansion into music publishing financing

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Ari Gelaw promoted to SVP, Creative A&R at Sony Music Publishing

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:52:22 +0000

Gelaw will remain based in the company's Los Angeles office, reporting to SMP President, Head of US A&R Katie Welle.

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Sony Music Publishing acquires Monty Norman Limited, from the estate of late James Bond Theme composer

admin — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:30:41 +0000

He was the credited composer of the James Bond Theme, first heard in the 1962 film Dr. No.

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Songwriter sues Willie Colón’s publishing company over royalties from salsa hit ‘Talento de Televisión’

admin — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:26:48 +0000

Amílcar Boscán also asked a judge to let him reclaim the copyrights to the song under US copyright law.

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Sync agency Nothing Standard launches publishing JV with UMPG UK and record label via Virgin Music

admin — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:18:13 +0000

Singer-songwriter Morgan Harper-Jones is the first signing to Nothing Standard Publishing through the UMPG collaboration.

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Warner Music strikes multi-year licensing deal with China’s NetEase Cloud Music

admin — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:07:45 +0000

Warner Music Group has renewed its licensing agreement with China’s NetEase Cloud Music. The multi-year extension covers distribution of Warner‘s recorded music and publishing catalog across the streaming platform. It also broadens the partnership beyond distribution into promotion of Warner artists and multimedia content. The companies announced the renewal on Thursday (July 16).