Statement from President and CEO Michael Huppe on Ratification of USMCA by Government of Canada
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 30, 2020 – SoundExchange President and CEO Michael Huppe issued the following statement today following ratification of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) by the Government of Canada on April 29. “We...
SoundExchange Hits $7 Billion in Royalty Distributions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 9, 2020 – SoundExchange today announced that it has distributed more than $7 billion in total royalties to music creators since its creation in 2003. This significant distribution threshold was passed during...
Statement from President and CEO Michael Huppe on Passage of CARES Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 27, 2020 – SoundExchange President and CEO Michael Huppe issued the following statement today following House passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. “In these difficult...
SoundExchange Updates Client Portal to Provide Faster Payments and Transparency
WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 6, 2019 – SoundExchange today introduced a suite of new features to its online client portal, SoundExchange Direct (SXDirect), that provide music creators with increased control and transparency into their...
Industry Veteran Paul Shaver Named President of the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA)
TORONTO, Canada, – October 2, 2019 – The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. (CMRRA), a SoundExchange company, announced today that Paul Shaver has been named President. Shaver previously served as Vice President at Nielsen...
SoundExchange to Connect Labels, Music Publishers and Podcasters with New Licensing Service
WASHINGTON, D.C. – August 12, 2019 – SoundExchange today announced plans to collaborate with SourceAudio to provide a new solution for the rapidly growing podcast industry to secure music with fully integrated, global licenses. The...
SoundExchange Welcomes Mitch Glazier, Alasdair McMullan, Laurie Soriano, and Jeff Walker to Board of Directors
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 24, 2018 – SoundExchange today announced the addition of Mitch Glazier, the Chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Alasdair McMullan, Senior Vice President for Business and...
SoundExchange Sues Music Choice for Underpayment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 10, 2019 – SoundExchange today filed a lawsuit against Music Choice to recover underpaid royalties. SoundExchange Senior Vice President and General Counsel Colin Rushing issued the following statement about the...
New CMRRA Service to Help Music Publishers and Songwriters Get Paid for Their Work
TORONTO – February 26, 2019 – The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency, Ltd. (CMRRA), Canada’s leading music reproduction rights collective, today announced a new service that gives music publishers and songwriters the ability...
Historic Music Modernization Act Becomes Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. – October 11, 2018 – SoundExchange President and CEO Michael Huppe issued this statement today after the Music Modernization Act became law. “With today’s signing of the Music Modernization Act, we mark a historic...