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Mdundo, the Africa-focused download and streaming service, still promises artists a 50:50 revenue split, but since 13 January 2026 its terms take a 15 percent platform fee, a 20 percent advertising fee and subscription costs off the top first. None of tho

Bahrain and Oman both require a music royalty society to hold a ministry licence, yet neither has one collecting for songwriters, performers or labels. A GRUR International report by Iza Razija Mešević, published 13 July 2026, surveyed collective manageme

VAT on a streaming subscription comes off before royalties are split, so when the Philippines added 12 percent in June 2025, every Spotify peso shrank first. VAT means value-added tax, the consumption tax a platform collects from subscribers and passes to

Every DIY distributor promises the same thing: your music on Spotify, Apple Music and TikTok, and the money back in your account. The differences sit in the small print. Who takes a cut, what happens when you stop paying, which currencies you can be paid

Gabe Jagger's whynow scoops up Warner Music Group's direct-to-consumer brand EMP to create an "integrated global fan commerce platform."

Apple Music pays up to 10 percent more in sound-recording royalties for tracks available in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, even if nobody hears the Atmos mix. That last clause is the whole mechanism, and it turns Atmos from a sound-quality question into

I don't think anyone missed the Ed Sheeran Loop Tour controversy. In short: First, to provide some context for how I see this, let me be clear about where I stand: Free Palestine. I was therefore pleasantly surprised by how Macklemore handled the situatio

School of Rock 2026 AllStars Tour raised more than $16,000 for youth music education scholarships during a summer run of 34 shows across 33 U.S. cities, the organization announced September 29. The money will support the Play Without Limits Project, a non

I have embarked on recording projects for over 20 years now, home recordings, demos, side projects and full albums; projects where I was involved as a writer, performer, producer, sometimes all, sometimes none. Successful or not, and what success really m

Japan's new record performance right will make shops, cafes, hotels and gyms pay performers and record labels for background music, starting no later than June 2029. The amendment to the Copyright Act passed the House of Councillors on 17 June 2026 and wa