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The 8 Biggest Music Publishing Stories of 2024: TikTok Battles, Spotify Bundles, ‘BBL Drizzy’ & More

As 2024 ends, here are the most consequential music publishing stories of the year, from TikTok battles to Spotify bundles to "BBL Drizzy" and more.

And at least on that first part, those outsiders might be right — many of these topics are way too complicated, but publishers and songwriters believe every cent is worth fighting for, even if that means working within the confines of archaic systems and against Big Tech to get it done. The NMPA forged a multi-pronged campaign to try to stop it, including an FTC complaint and letters to the attorneys general for nine states, filing a legislative proposal in both the House and Senate, and sending cease and desist notices to Spotify for supposedly unlicensed video and podcast content. Between this letter, BMI’s sale to New Mountain Capita l, GMR’s high rates for hit songs, the introduction of AllTrack into CISAC as a rights management entity, and more, it’s clear that PROs are an area of increasing concern to publishers, songwriters and licensees heading in 2025.

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