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Music Row: The MLC Appoints Two To Its Advisory Committees
April 6, 2022The MLC Appoints Two To Its Advisory Committees
Songwriter Universe: Kris Ahrend, CEO of The MLC, Discusses How It Collects and Distributes Streaming and Download Royalties
March 24, 2022Songwriter Universe article - The Mechanical Licensing Collective
Billboard: Revealed Billboard’s 2022 Women In Music Top Executives
February 24, 2022Billboard's 2022 Women in Music Top Executives
Politico: The streaming royalty wars return
January 7, 2022A LANDMARK YEAR FOR STREAMING MUSIC — The Copyright Royalty Board is set to return to the spotlight...
Forbes: Apple, Spotify And Other DSPs Pay $424 Million In Unmatched Royalties For Publishers, Songwriters
December 16, 2021The Mechanical Licensing Collective has received a total of $424.38 million in accrued historical...
Music Business Worldwide: Meet the organization that’s distributed over $250m in mechanical royalties to rightsholders this year
December 9, 2021The US music industry scored a major legal victory in 2018 when the Music Modernization Act (MMA)...
Music Row: AIMP To Honor Mitch Glazier, Alisa Coleman, Kris Ahrend, Heavy Hitters Music At 2021 Holiday Events
November 24, 2021The Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) has announced its schedule of annual holiday...
Music Connection:The MLC to Host Roundtable Discussion on Asians, Pacific Islanders in the Music Industry
November 12, 2021The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) will host The MLC Presents: A Roundtable Discussion...
The MLC Welcomes Simply Royalties and Verifi Media as New Data Quality Initiative (DQI) Partners
October 21, 2021The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) announced that Simply Royalties and Verifi Media have...