Category: AYO Music Group
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AYO Music Group Launches ‘Gapfinder’ Tool to Identify Massive Copyright Errors on a Global Scale
April 30, 2025 (Hockessin, DE) – AYO Music Group, an active copyright administrator offering global administration of publishing, neighboring rights, and recordings, has launched Gapfinder, a tool to identify errors and gaps in publishing work registrations with global PROs. Developed as a unique tool for AYO’s copyright admin team, Gapfinder…
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Billboard: ‘There Are No Rules’: Inside the Complicated World of Sample Credits
Deborah Mannis-Gardner sat down with Elias Leight to lend commentary to this Billboard piece on sampling credits. To prevail in clearance negotiations, the sampled artist needs leverage and a good lawyer. And negotiations can be charged. “All clearances are emotional,” explains Deborah Mannis-Gardner, president of DMG Clearances. “Someone either wrote this…
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Billboard Women In Music 2025: Deborah Mannis-Gardner
Deborah Mannis-Garnder was included on the Billboard Women in Music list in 2025 under the Multisector category! This year marks her third and most recent inclusion on the list (2020, 2024, and 2025). Beyoncé’s Billboard 200-topping Cowboy Carter — which took home the album of the year Grammy in February…
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Music Ally Guest Post: The UK’s AI vs copyright crossroads: where do we go now?
Music Ally published an op-ed from Deborah Mannis-Gardner, Pär Almqvist and Stacey Haber from AYO Music Group discussing AI and copyright. It appears we are at a crossroads in what has become a battle between AI and copyright.The UK government is currently in the midst of a consultation on whether…
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A&R Worldwide: DEBORAH MANNIS-GARDNER & PÄR ALMQVIST LAUNCH AYO MUSIC GROUP
A&R Worldwide included the launch of AYO Music Group in their weekly newsletter, Volume 867! Deborah Mannis-Gardner (Owner & President, DMG Clearances) and Pär Almqvist (Co-Founder and former CEO, Tracklib), have teamed up to launch AYO Music Group. AYO offers global services in the management of music publishing, neighboring rights, and recordings, with a focus on…
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Music Ally: Music veterans launch AYO Music Group to correct ‘copy-wrongs’
Music Ally featured the launch of AYO Music Group, highlighting the core of their mission to help rightsholders. Deborah Mannis-Gardner is one of the world’s top music-clearance experts, having worked on projects from Grand Theft Auto games to De La Soul’s famously-complicated digital releases. Pär Almqvist, meanwhile, is the co-founder and…
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Celebrity Access: Deborah Mannis-Gardner And Pär Almqvist Launch Ayo Music Group
Celebrity Access covered the launch of AYO Music Group by Mannis-Gardner And Pär Almqvist. Deborah Mannis-Gardner, the owner/President of DMG Clearances, Inc., and Pär Almqvist Co-Founder and former CEO of Tracklib, have joined forces to launch AYO Music Group, a new administration company offering global administration of publishing, neighboring rights,…
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Creative Industries News: DMG Clearances’ Deborah Mannis-Gardner and Tracklib’s Pär Almqvist launch global rights administrator AYO Music Group
Creative Industries News covered the launch of AYO Music Group, explaining their goals and why they were founded. Music licensing and tech veterans Deborah Mannis-Gardner, Owner/President of DMG Clearances, Pär Almqvist, Co-Founder and former CEO of Tracklib, and Stacey Haber, Chief Legal Officer for SyncLodge and Co-Founder of the Web…
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Music Business Worldwide: Music and tech veterans Deborah Mannis-Gardner and Pär Almqvist launch AYO Music Group
Music Business Worldwide featured the official launch of AYO Music Group, highlighting their mission, current catalog, clients, team, and more. US-based AYO is described as “an active copyright administrator offering global administration of publishing, neighboring rights, and recordings”. According to the launch announcement on Wednesday (December 11), the company’s mission…
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Music Licensing & Tech Veterans Deborah Mannis-Gardner and Pär Almqvist Launch Global Copyright Administration Firm ‘AYO Music Group’
December 11, 2024 (Hockessin, DE) – Music licensing and tech veterans Deborah Mannis-Gardner (Owner/President of DMG Clearances, Inc.) and Pär Almqvist (Co-Founder and former CEO of Tracklib) have launched AYO Music Group, an active copyright administrator offering global administration of publishing, neighboring rights, and recordings. AYO’s mission is to organize…