Author: Zachary Gulino
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The Tennessean: How music publishers can prepare for Mechanical Licensing Collective Database | Opinion
The Tennessean published Guy Barash’s recent op-ed discussing the importance of music publishers ensuring the quality of their metadata for compatibility with all global digital distribution standards. Now that the U.S. Copyright Office has designated the NMPA, NSAI, and SONA-backed Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) to begin implementation of the Music…
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Music Ally: Music metadata expands with DDEX’s new MEAD standard
Music Ally covered the new DDEX standard, MEAD, which covers more than 30 new types of enriched metadata fields to be communicated. Music-metadata standards organisation DDEX is launching its latest standard: Media Enrichment and Description (or MEAD for short). It’s a significant expansion of the metadata that labels and distributors provide to…
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DDEX Expands Creative Capabilities for Music Metadata with New MEAD Standard
New standard supports more detailed information on compositions, contributors, artist nicknames, historic chart positions, focus track data, journalistic material, and more New York, NY – October 3, 2019 – DDEX, the international standards-setting organization dedicated to improving the exchange of data and information across the music industry, is providing a…
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Angry Mob Music Group Signs Exclusive Worldwide Co-PublishingDeal with LA-Based Songwriting/Production Team Schmarx & Savvy
Los Angeles, CA, September 17, 2019 – Angry Mob Music Group, an independent music publisher boldly serving songwriters, composers, artists, and creatives, has signed an exclusive worldwide co-publishing agreement with Los Angeles-based songwriting/production team Schmarx & Savvy, (Marc Schneider and Savvy Giersch.) The deal covers all new works from the…
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Billboard: Publishing Briefs: Faber Music Joins IMPEL, Angry Mob Signs ‘Hall & Oates of Hip-Hop’
Billboard’s Publishing Briefs Column covered the recent Angry Mob Music signing of Ken Nana and Mike B. of MIKNNA! Angry Mob Music Group signed exclusive worldwide co-publishing and administration agreements with producer/multi-instrumentalist Ken Nana and rapper/vocalist Mike B. of MIKNNA, a Los Angeles-based hip-hop/R&B duo, Angry Mob announced August 21. The administration agreement encompasses their catalog…
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Angry Mob Music Group Signs Exclusive Worldwide Co-Publishing and Administration Deal with Hip-Hop/R&B Duo MIKNNA
Los Angeles, CA, August 21, 2019 – Angry Mob Music Group, an independent music publisher boldly serving songwriters, composers, artists, and creatives, has signed exclusive worldwide co-publishing and administration agreements with producer/multi-instrumentalist Ken Nana and rapper/vocalist Mike B. of MIKNNA, a Los Angeles-based melodic hip-hop/R&B duo. The administration agreement encompasses…
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Angry Mob Music Group Hires Paula Savastanoas Senior Director of Copyright & Royalties
Los Angeles, CA, July 31, 2019 – Angry Mob Music Group, an independent music publisher boldly serving songwriters, composers, artists, and creatives, has hired Paula Savastano, a nearly-three-decade veteran of the music business, as Senior Director of Copyright & Royalties. In this role, she will oversee audits, royalty collection and…
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Angry Mob Music Group Signs Exclusive Worldwide Co-Publishing Deal with KAMI, Member of Chance the Rapper’s SaveMoney Collective
Los Angeles, CA, June 27, 2019 – Angry Mob Music Group, an independent music publisher boldly serving songwriters, composers, artists, and creatives, has signed an exclusive worldwide co-publishing agreement with KAMI, a Chicago rapper and founding member of Chance the Rapper’s SaveMoney collective. He is also one-half of the group…
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Sports Video Group: Tech Focus: Sports Music, Part 3 — DDEX Teams With EIDR To Streamline Metadata Standards
Sports Video Group covered the recent news that DDEX has partnered with EIDR to streamline metadata standards. The music libraries that supply broadcast sports with their underscores, themes, background music, and specialty pieces will have access to significantly enhanced metadata, thanks to a partnership announced this month between key standards…
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Digital Music News: Groundbreaking Metadata Alliance Announced Between Music, Film, TV Industries — “This Partnership Will Have a Truly Significant Impact on Rights Holders”
Digital Music News covered the announcement that DDEX has joined forces with Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR). This week in Nashville, there’s been another hopeful development. That’s where DDEX, a metadata standards-setting consortium for the music industry, joined forces with Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR), a similar consortium that focuses on establishing uniform, unique universal…