Tag: publishing

Tag: publishing

Sony Music Publishing wins Publisher of the Year at 2026 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards
The Sony-owned publisher landed the prize for representing 27 of the past awards year's most-performed R&B and hip-hop songs in BMI's repertoire Source...

Megan Thee Stallion inks deal with UMG’s Interscope – and keeps ownership of her masters
Megan retains complete ownership of her masters and publishing, and will keep releasing music through her own company, Hot Girl Productions. Source...

Weeks after Beyoncé’s ‘Alien Superstar’ sample suit was dismissed, a second one is filed – this time Beyoncé is a defendant
The other defendants are Parkwood Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music Publishing, W Chappell Music Corp. and John Holiday. Source...

Judge tosses shoe retailer DSW’s preemptive copyright suit against Sony Music
A federal judge dismissed the part of DSW's declaratory judgment lawsuit that targeted Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Music Publishing. Source...

Anthropic seeks partial dismissal in music publishers’ $3B lyrics suit – as CEO moves to drop the direct-infringement claim against him
The two filings target the case that Concord Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group and ABKCO are pursuing over more than 20,000 songs. Source...

BMG acquires Wolfmother frontman Andrew Stockdale’s publishing and recorded rights
BMG has published Stockdale globally since 2016, and the acquisition adds his recorded music royalties and neighboring rights to that relationship. Source...

Sony generated $3.12B from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q2 2026, up 12.7% YoY
Michael Jackson's Thriller album was Sony's biggest-selling artist project around the world in calendar Q2 2026, boosted by the Michael biopic movie Source...

Spencer LeBoff appointed Head of Revenue at Matt Spetzler’s Pipeline
His appointment coincides with Pipeline's expansion into music publishing financing Source...

Ari Gelaw promoted to SVP, Creative A&R at Sony Music Publishing
Gelaw will remain based in the company's Los Angeles office, reporting to SMP President, Head of US A&R Katie Welle. Source...