{"id":3968,"date":"2025-10-09T23:43:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T23:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/?p=3968"},"modified":"2025-10-09T23:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T23:43:08","slug":"spotify-and-bmg-sign-multiyear-us-direct-publishing-licensing-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/spotify-and-bmg-sign-multiyear-us-direct-publishing-licensing-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify and BMG Sign Multiyear US Direct Publishing Licensing Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Spotify<\/strong> has partnered with <strong>BMG Rights Management<\/strong>, the international music company, for a multiyear publishing licensing deal. This adds to a series of deals that Spotify has made with other publishers, including <strong>Sony<\/strong>, <strong>Universal<\/strong>, <strong>Warner<\/strong>, <strong>Kobalt<\/strong>, and <strong>Merlin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The deal:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The agreement with BMG will be outside the <strong>Copyright Royalty Board<\/strong>\u2019s traditional structure, just as with the other deals with major publishers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spotify has stated that payouts will increase for publishing rights holders via the terms of the direct licensing deal on top of the standard payouts from the overarching mechanical license provided by the <strong>Mechanical Licensing Collective<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These recent publishing deals have sprouted in response to Spotify\u2019s audiobook bundling structure, which legally allowed for lower payouts in the US when Spotify became a bundled service rather than a solely music streaming service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What they said:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Alex Norstr\u00f6m, Co-President &amp; Chief Business Officer, Spotify:<\/strong> \u201cAt Spotify, we believe the future of music depends on stronger collaboration across the industry. 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