US performance rights organization ASCAP has reported its revenue and royalty payout numbers for 2025, with both figures hitting all-time highs. Revenue came in at $1.945 billion for calendar 2025, up 6.0% year over year. Of that, New York-based ASCAP distributed $1.759 billion to songwriters, composers, and music publishers, an increase of 3.7% YoY. In…
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Timothy Very, the longtime drummer of Manchester Orchestra, has died. Bandmates Andy Hull, Robert McDowell and Andy Prince confirmed the news of Very’s death on Saturday (Feb. 14). His cause of death has not been reported. Very joined Manchester Orchestra for the group’s third full-length album, Simple Math, which was recorded in 2010 and released…
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Warner Music Group intends to divest its EMP business, the European rock and metal merchandise e-retailer it acquired for USD $180 million in 2018. The company disclosed the plan in its latest quarterly SEC filing, revealing that it signed a “non-binding letter of intent to sell its EMP business within [its] Recorded Music segment”. EMP,…
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