{"id":7507,"date":"2026-07-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T00:00:00","slug":"bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\/","title":{"rendered":"BMG Acquires Remaining Interests in Hal David, John Lee Hooker, and ARC Music Catalogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

BMG<\/strong><\/a> has acquired the remaining interests in the publishing catalogs of lyricist Hal David<\/strong>, blues legend John Lee Hooker<\/strong><\/a>, and ARC Music<\/strong>, consolidating its ownership<\/a> of a trove of influential American songs.<\/p>\n

The deal completes a transaction first announced in 2016, when BMG purchased a majority stake in the ARC Music catalog from Fuji Music Group<\/strong>. The newly acquired rights give BMG full control of the works.<\/p>\n

The Hal David catalog, created by the GRAMMY and Academy Award-winning lyricist, includes enduring hits such as \u201cRaindrops Keep Fallin\u2019 On My Head,\u201d \u201cI\u2019ll Never Fall In Love Again,\u201d and \u201cWhat\u2019s New Pussycat?\u201d.<\/p>\n

BMG also now fully owns the publishing rights to the catalog of John Lee Hooker<\/strong>, the blues pioneer behind \u201cBoom Boom\u201d and \u201cOne Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer.\u201d The company had previously co-acquired the Hooker catalog with Fuji Music Group from the artist\u2019s estate in 2022.<\/p>\n

ARC Music, the publishing counterpart to the iconic Chess Records<\/strong><\/a>, includes songs made famous by Chuck Berry<\/strong><\/a>, Bo Diddley<\/strong>, Howlin\u2019 Wolf<\/strong>, Muddy Waters<\/strong>, and Etta James<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cThe musical catalogs of Hal David, John Lee Hooker, and ARC Music are cornerstones of modern music,\u201d said Monti Olson<\/strong>, BMG EVP, Head of Publishing, North America. \u201cTheir timeless melodies and lyrics continue to resonate across generations and in pop culture around the world. Completing our ownership of these catalogs further strengthens BMG\u2019s position as a home for some of the most significant works in American music history, ensuring these songs continue to be protected and introduced to new audiences for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BMG consolidates its ownership of the publishing catalogs of Hal David, John Lee Hooker, and ARC Music.","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[518],"tags":[2622,185,919,2620,2621,617],"class_list":["post-7507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-policy-legal","tag-arc-music","tag-bmg","tag-catalog-acquisition","tag-hal-david","tag-john-lee-hooker","tag-music-publishing","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"\nBMG Acquires Hal David, John Lee Hooker, ARC Music Catalogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BMG has acquired the remaining interests in the publishing catalogs of Hal David, John Lee Hooker, and ARC Music, completing a deal that began in 2016.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BMG Acquires Hal David, John Lee Hooker, ARC Music Catalogs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BMG has acquired the remaining interests in the publishing catalogs of Hal David, John Lee Hooker, and ARC Music, completing a deal that began in 2016.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The InterSpace Daily.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/interspacemusic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-14T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/N3dLXiFhNRQJTKmm7iWVWaHXtEA-scaled.png?fit=2560%2C2560&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Daniel Obembe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@interspacegroup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@interspacegroup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Daniel Obembe\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Daniel Obembe\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dfda45c52f01072dd0d297096b799422\"},\"headline\":\"BMG Acquires Remaining Interests in Hal David, John Lee Hooker, and ARC Music Catalogs\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-14T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":272,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/d2n07ae9429qri.cloudfront.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/15040132\\\/N3dLXiFhNRQJTKmm7iWVWaHXtEA-scaled.png?fit=2560%2C2560&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"ARC Music\",\"BMG\",\"catalog acquisition\",\"Hal David\",\"John Lee Hooker\",\"music publishing\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Policy & Legal\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\\\/\",\"name\":\"BMG Acquires Hal David, John Lee Hooker, ARC Music Catalogs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/d2n07ae9429qri.cloudfront.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/15040132\\\/N3dLXiFhNRQJTKmm7iWVWaHXtEA-scaled.png?fit=2560%2C2560&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-14T00:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"BMG has acquired the remaining interests in the publishing catalogs of Hal David, John Lee Hooker, and ARC Music, completing a deal that began in 2016.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/d2n07ae9429qri.cloudfront.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/15040132\\\/N3dLXiFhNRQJTKmm7iWVWaHXtEA-scaled.png?fit=2560%2C2560&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/d2n07ae9429qri.cloudfront.net\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/15040132\\\/N3dLXiFhNRQJTKmm7iWVWaHXtEA-scaled.png?fit=2560%2C2560&ssl=1\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":2560,\"caption\":\"BMG logo alongside vintage vinyl records representing the Hal David, John Lee Hooker, and ARC Music publishing catalogs.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BMG Acquires Remaining Interests in Hal David, John Lee Hooker, and ARC Music Catalogs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"The InterSpace Daily.\",\"description\":\"Nigeria's leading music tech blog\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"InterSpace Daily\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The InterSpace Daily.\",\"alternateName\":\"InterSpace Distribution\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/DP1.png?fit=90%2C90&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/DP1.png?fit=90%2C90&ssl=1\",\"width\":90,\"height\":90,\"caption\":\"The InterSpace Daily.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/interspacemusic\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/interspacegroup\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/interspace.africa\",\"https:\\\/\\\/youtube.com\\\/@interspacedistro\"],\"description\":\"Nigeria's leading music tech blog \u2014 streaming, distribution, royalties, AI and the business of music, covered from Lagos for artists and labels worldwide.\",\"knowsAbout\":[\"music technology\",\"music distribution\",\"music streaming\",\"music royalties\",\"Nigerian music industry\",\"Afrobeats\",\"YouTube MCNs\",\"DDEX\",\"AI in music\"],\"parentOrganization\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"InterSpace Distribution\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/\",\"description\":\"Global music distribution and rights platform serving 150+ DSPs.\"},\"areaServed\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Africa\",\"Worldwide\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dfda45c52f01072dd0d297096b799422\",\"name\":\"Daniel Obembe\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ff6d09b8297a3c7d654b619d9fb0ed0a58d985b00cf5695d29d9adc5c02217b4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ff6d09b8297a3c7d654b619d9fb0ed0a58d985b00cf5695d29d9adc5c02217b4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ff6d09b8297a3c7d654b619d9fb0ed0a58d985b00cf5695d29d9adc5c02217b4?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Daniel Obembe\"},\"description\":\"Daniel Obembe covers music technology, distribution, and the publishing side of the industry for InterSpace Daily.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/interspacemusic.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/daniel\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BMG Acquires Hal David, John Lee Hooker, ARC Music Catalogs","description":"BMG has acquired the remaining interests in the publishing catalogs of Hal David, John Lee Hooker, and ARC Music, completing a deal that began in 2016.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"BMG Acquires Hal David, John Lee Hooker, ARC Music Catalogs","og_description":"BMG has acquired the remaining interests in the publishing catalogs of Hal David, John Lee Hooker, and ARC Music, completing a deal that began in 2016.","og_url":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\/","og_site_name":"The InterSpace Daily.","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/interspacemusic\/","article_published_time":"2026-07-14T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":2560,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/N3dLXiFhNRQJTKmm7iWVWaHXtEA-scaled.png?fit=2560%2C2560&ssl=1","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Daniel Obembe","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@interspacegroup","twitter_site":"@interspacegroup","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Daniel Obembe","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\/"},"author":{"name":"Daniel Obembe","@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/dfda45c52f01072dd0d297096b799422"},"headline":"BMG Acquires Remaining Interests in Hal David, John Lee Hooker, and ARC Music Catalogs","datePublished":"2026-07-14T00:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\/"},"wordCount":272,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d2n07ae9429qri.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15040132\/N3dLXiFhNRQJTKmm7iWVWaHXtEA-scaled.png?fit=2560%2C2560&ssl=1","keywords":["ARC Music","BMG","catalog acquisition","Hal David","John Lee Hooker","music publishing"],"articleSection":["Policy & Legal"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\/","url":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\/","name":"BMG Acquires Hal David, John Lee Hooker, ARC Music Catalogs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d2n07ae9429qri.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15040132\/N3dLXiFhNRQJTKmm7iWVWaHXtEA-scaled.png?fit=2560%2C2560&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-07-14T00:00:00+00:00","description":"BMG has acquired the remaining interests in the publishing catalogs of Hal David, John Lee Hooker, and ARC Music, completing a deal that began in 2016.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d2n07ae9429qri.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15040132\/N3dLXiFhNRQJTKmm7iWVWaHXtEA-scaled.png?fit=2560%2C2560&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d2n07ae9429qri.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15040132\/N3dLXiFhNRQJTKmm7iWVWaHXtEA-scaled.png?fit=2560%2C2560&ssl=1","width":2560,"height":2560,"caption":"BMG logo alongside vintage vinyl records representing the Hal David, John Lee Hooker, and ARC Music publishing catalogs."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/bmg-acquires-remaining-interests-in-hal-david-john-lee-hooker-and-arc-music-catalogs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BMG Acquires Remaining Interests in Hal David, John Lee Hooker, and ARC Music Catalogs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/","name":"The InterSpace Daily.","description":"Nigeria's leading music tech blog","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/#organization"},"alternateName":"InterSpace Daily","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"The InterSpace Daily.","alternateName":"InterSpace Distribution","url":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DP1.png?fit=90%2C90&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/DP1.png?fit=90%2C90&ssl=1","width":90,"height":90,"caption":"The InterSpace Daily."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/interspacemusic\/","https:\/\/x.com\/interspacegroup","https:\/\/instagram.com\/interspace.africa","https:\/\/youtube.com\/@interspacedistro"],"description":"Nigeria's leading music tech blog \u2014 streaming, distribution, royalties, AI and the business of music, covered from Lagos for artists and labels worldwide.","knowsAbout":["music technology","music distribution","music streaming","music royalties","Nigerian music industry","Afrobeats","YouTube MCNs","DDEX","AI in music"],"parentOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"InterSpace Distribution","url":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/","description":"Global music distribution and rights platform serving 150+ DSPs."},"areaServed":["Nigeria","Africa","Worldwide"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/dfda45c52f01072dd0d297096b799422","name":"Daniel Obembe","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff6d09b8297a3c7d654b619d9fb0ed0a58d985b00cf5695d29d9adc5c02217b4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff6d09b8297a3c7d654b619d9fb0ed0a58d985b00cf5695d29d9adc5c02217b4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ff6d09b8297a3c7d654b619d9fb0ed0a58d985b00cf5695d29d9adc5c02217b4?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Daniel Obembe"},"description":"Daniel Obembe covers music technology, distribution, and the publishing side of the industry for InterSpace Daily.","url":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/author\/daniel\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/d2n07ae9429qri.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15040132\/N3dLXiFhNRQJTKmm7iWVWaHXtEA-scaled.png?fit=2560%2C2560&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}