Music Publishing

The Industry Dot Biz: Music legend, icon, and innovator Prince has been making some major moves as of late in regard to his music. Australian and New Zealand based publishing company, Native Tongue announced an exclusive partnership with NPG Music Publishing covering Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea.Established by music icon Prince, the catalogue spans his entire career to date and includes hits such as 'Kiss', ‘Let’s Go Crazy’, ‘Cream’, ‘Raspberry Beret’, ‘U Got The Look’, ‘Diamonds and Pearls’, and 'Little Red Corvette'. It also includes new music from both of his upcoming albums, Art Official Age and Plectrumelectrum, which will be released on September 30, 2014.NPG Music Publishing was founded earlier this year and marks the first time Prince’s publishing catalogue has been independently controlled and administered in over twenty years.Native Tongue General Manager, Jaime Gough stated “It truly is an honor to represent such an iconic and musically amazing catalogue. Prince has been a musical pioneer his entire career and to have his personal publishing company choose Native Tongue during such an exciting period is a real privilege.”NPG Music Publishing joins Native Tongue’s growing international roster that includes music from Lorde, Daft Punk, Foals, Elvis Presley, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Tom Waits, Roy Orbison, Bombay Bicycle Club, Justice, Armin van Buuren, Diplo and many more.

It's not everyday you get the opportunity to talk to a CEO of any company but we had the chance to pick the brain of the Harry Fox Agency CEO/President, Michael Simon. If you don't know, now you know, HFA is the nation’s leading provider of rights management, licensing and royalty services for the music industry. With over 48,000 music publishing clients, HFA issues the largest number of licenses for the use of music in both physical and digital distribution formats. Mr. [...]

The Industry Dot Biz: We all know that artists are some of the most uninsured people in the country so this partnership between ASCAP and Sterling Healthworks is pretty dope in my opinion.The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and Sterling Healthworks (a division of Sterling Risk and partner with MusicPro Insurance) today announced the availability of a comprehensive new ascap member resource for understanding the impending Affordable Care Act, making the right selection for their personal situation and maximizing health insurance affordability. No music organization in the world has more independent songwriter, composer and small music publisher members than ASCAP, most of whom are uninsured or underinsured for health care. ascap is the first music organization to establish such a resource for members or affiliates.The Affordable Care Act goes into effect January 1st, 2014, and the selection period recently commenced on October 1st, 2013. The Act will give many songwriters, composers and small music shers here" href="https://radiofacts.com/tag/publishers/">publishers the ability to get affordable health insurance for the first time. Because there is tremendous confusion and misinformation about how it works, how to get it, the difference in plans, etc., Sterling Healthworks has developed a web and call center resource for ascap members to receive personalized guidance in health plan selection. It features one-stop convenience, a comprehensive database delivering answers and exclusive unbiased and customized policy selection tools. All a member needs to do is access Sterling Healthworks on the ascap website and type in their age, state of residence, family size and income. The Healthworks tools go to work to help the member evaluate their health plan options and estimate their potential tax credits, without having to make any kind of personal commitment. In the near future, and once the State and Federal Exchange websites are operating smoothly, members can then click to apply for health insurance and compare the cost and coverage offered by the different health plans.