SongsBrew Daily
Ten stories from the music business, picked this morning from 16 sources. Every headline links to the original.
DistroKid has become the latest music distributor to expand into publishing. DistroKid Publishing will charge songwriters a one-time setup fee of $75 while paying them 80% of the publishing royalties it collects for them – while allowing them to opt out “at any time”. The post is from Music Ally.
Source: Music Ally
NVentures says it has already handed the labels 6,324 documents running to 28,194 pages. Source
Source: Music Business Worldwide
Elvis Presley Enterprises sued Suno in California on Friday (November 6) Source
Source: Music Business Worldwide
Fanomenon's CEO is Park Yun-suh, who is also its only inside director, according to The Korea Herald. Source
Source: Music Business Worldwide
In August 2025, when Timbaland’s attorneys sent notice that the star was firing his longtime manager Gary Marella, they didn’t mince words. “You were in the rare position of representing one of the most accomplished, influential, and respected talents in music history,” they wrote in the letter.
Source: Billboard Business
The debate over streaming payouts continues and independent streaming platform Vocana is betting that artists and fans are finally ready to ditch the pro-rata royalty pool for user-centric payments to creators. Following a beta, Vocana has opened its platform and paid subscription tiers to the public.
Source: Hypebot
Brooks & Dunn, Hardy, Thomas Rhett, Cole Swindell, and Stella Lefty will serve as support
Source: Rolling Stone Music
More than 300 cultural organisations across Europe - including UK Music, LIVE and the Musicians’ Union - have signed an open letter calling on UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham and European Union leaders to use next week’s UK-EU Summit to “break the deadlock over touring the UK and the EU”.
Source: CMU
The UK government is working on a plan for its own social-media ban for under-16s. And unlike other countries that have made such a move, it could pull Spotify in to the regulation. The post is from Music Ally.
Source: Music Ally
Gang Of Youths have announced new album ‘Compañero’. Check out the exansive new single ‘Benny’s Video’ below along with details of a 2027 North American tour.
Source: NME
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