SoundExchange sued this summer, claiming the streamer stopped paying in 2017. By Bill Donahue Streaming platform Slacker owes SoundExchange nearly $10 million in unpaid performance royalties, ...

As the DIY community grows, and international artists cross over to U.S. listeners, the royalty-collecting organization is finding new ways to track down unregistered artists. By Tatiana Cirisano ...

Sirius XM, like many other radio and streaming service providers, operates pursuant to statutory licenses set forth in Sections 112 and 114 of the Copyright Act to ...

SoundExchange isn’t giving up its royalty collection enforcement abilities without a fight. The performance rights organization has filed a notice of appeal in its $150 million royalty dispute with ...

2024 Distributions to Artists and Rights Owners Topped $1B In the fourth quarter of 2024, SoundExchange distributed $248.6 million to creators, bringing the company's full year gross distributions to ...

Pandora cofounder Tim Westergren would love to slash the high performance royalties that cost his business dearly. “Last year, we paid over half of our gross revenues in royalties just from ...

It was founded 25 years ago, and offers more than 1,400 online-only music channels to an adult audience with an advertising-supported platform attracting what the company says is “a loyal audience of ...

Also, SoundExchange currently holds at least $200 million in royalties owed to non-member artists. Most of these artists are unaware of the existence of this relatively new digital performance right ...

Bryan Calhoun is the VP of New Media for SoundExchange, the non-profit performance rights organization that collects royalties due to songwriters from satellite radio, internet radio, cable TV, and ...