The New York event honored songwriters including Lana Del Rey, featured a fireside chat with WMG CEO Robert Kyncl and revealed the organization’s latest moves against Spotify. …
Savan Kotecha will receive the Non-Performing Songwriter Icon Award …
The NMPA’s letter arrives just a week after The MLC filed a lawsuit against Spotify for “improperly” cutting royalties for songwriters and publishers. …
NMPA president and CEO David Israelite pushes back on Spotify’s “potentially unlawful” move to reclassify its service. …
A period of “relative peace” between the industry and Spotify appears to be over. …
News of the suit comes a week after Billboard estimated that bundling would cause a loss of $150 million in royalties for songwriters in the next year. …
“Spotify appears to be engaged in direct infringement by hosting unlicensed musical works in its lyrics, videos and podcasts,” the NMPA writes. …
The model TikTok license used by many independent music publishers, as negotiated by the NMPA, is set to expire at the end of April. …
The NMPA-founded songwriter foundation adds top hitmakers Dan Wilson, Lauren Christy, Allison Russell and more to its board of directors. …