Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Mechanical Licensing Collective was formed after 2018's Music Modernization Act and is responsible for administering the ...

Spotify’s incorporation of audiobooks into its subscription plans appears to have an extra financial benefit for the streamer as a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit from the music publishing ...

Spotify will change its royalty payout model by early next year to include a minimum threshold of streams for a song to qualify for royalty payments, penalties for streaming fraud and restrictions on ...

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In her decision on Wednesday, Judge Analisa Torres said that federal royalty rate rules clearly allowed Spotify to legally claim the lower rate. “Audiobook streaming is a product or service that is ...

While still being among the top streaming platforms in the world, Spotify has developed the app into a place that fosters talent, but that could soon change as there are reports citing the change to ...

Spotify paid out a record $11 billion to the music industry in 2025, bringing the streaming giant’s 20-year total to nearly $70 billion. But in its latest Loud & Clear report, the company is focusing ...

Under the agreement, which will be submitted to the Copyright Royalty Board, song owners will receive a royalty rate of 15.35 percent over the next five years. By J ...

Spotify recently sent out an email asking users to view their Royalty Report. The streaming service appears to have sent it out due to a technical glitch and has asked users to ignore it unless ...

The heat on Spotify for alleged underpayment of song royalties escalated late Thursday as the Nashville-based Mechanical Licensing Collective filed legal action against the streaming service in the ...