World’s Largest Music Publishers Offer ‘Full Support of Warner/Chappell’ Against Spotify

Major music publishers like Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG), Sony/ATV, and BMG are solidly backing Warner/Chappell Music in its dispute with Spotify. The demonstration of support is echoing out of Madrid, where the International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP) marked the Spotify India situation as one of its most important issues.

Source: World’s Largest Music Publishers Offer ‘Full Support of Warner/Chappell’ Against Spotify — Here’s Their Statement – Digital Music News

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The TikTok Follies

By Paul Sweeting

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