SoundExchange’s distribution milestone: keep lifetime scale separate from annual performance
The March 2026 release reports a lifetime milestone alongside a lower unaudited annual distribution. They answer different business questions.
Category: Music Business
Spotify’s US$11 billion payout is a music rights-business number
The platform’s 2025 disclosure establishes scale. Catalogue reporting and settlement statements are needed to explain an individual operator’s performance.
The recorded-music business grew in 2025. What does that mean for an operator?
IFPI’s global results show expansion, but an individual label or distributor needs a narrower commercial model.
Music licensing for film: turn the creative request into a usable rights brief
How producers can organise music enquiries, release scope, approval status and delivery records.