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Songwriters and creators were paid a record €15.5 billion in 2025, and streaming did the heavy lifting
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5 things to know about CISAC’s global report, as songwriter royalty collections hit record $15.9B in 2025, with $900M+ from The MLC, and AI in focus ↗
Music Business Worldwide · 4 Nov 2026
Spotify’s potential bill if The MLC wins its ‘bundling’ lawsuit outright rises to $619M ↗
Music Business Worldwide · 27 Oct 2026
The MLC has paid out more than $4.2bn to songwriters and publishers to date – and will begin market share distributions of unmatched and unclaimed royalties in April 2027 ↗
Music Business Worldwide · 6 Oct 2026
The MLC rejects Pandora’s bid to use a horse racing ruling against the mechanical royalties lawsuit ↗
Music Business Worldwide · 26 Jun 2026
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