Royalty Exchange Blog

John Gourley of Portugal. The Man ranks at No. 15 for his work on hit song "Feel It Still" while Cardi B steadily moves up the chart.

Bluewater Music's lawsuit has big implications for Spotify, while several historical adversaries band together in support of a a bill designed to award radio royalties to pre-1972 recordings.

The former VP of Licensing for Bluewater Publishing gives some background into the publisher's recently filed lawsuit agains Spotify.

Jay-Z is among six songwriters to debut on this week's Hot Hitmakers Chart. These newcomers bump consistent leaders from their top seats as well as wrap up the chart.

Recent deals point to the increasing value of music publishing today, while an unfortunate lawsuit emerges between Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson's estate.

Not all artists mismanage their money. Here are five who made smart financial decisions, and what you can learn from them.

Summer hit 'Despacito' has held the No.1 seat on the Billboard Hot 100 for 9 consecutive weeks and songwriters are finally receiving recognition

In this week's roundup of music royalty news, subscription streaming continues to spike, Concord acquires more catalog (this time from WMG), and we debate the number of streams it takes to call a song a 'hit.'

Playboi Carti and producer Pi’erre Bourne are steadily moving up the charts in the wake of Carti's debut mixtape.

Paul McCartney finally settles his rights dispute with Sony/ATV as they acquire EuropaCorp music catalog. Pandora's CEO steps down signaling a huge change for the company while Canada has a huge win against online piracy.