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\n\tSony Music<\/a> Group and Spotify<\/a> have announced an extension and expansion of their global partnership that includes a new direct licensing arrangement for publishing in the U.S. <\/p>\n \n\tThis move is notably significant because Sony \u2014 the world\u2019s largest publishing company \u2014\u00a0was the last major publisher to remain under the statutory rates set by the Copyright Royalty Board; direct licensing allows much more freedom to negotiate, and the announcement states that it will \u201censure [that] songwriters share more directly in the growth of streaming.\u201d Universal, Warner and Kobalt publishing have all struck similar deals in recent months.<\/p>\n \n\tWhile terms of the deal were not announced, when Spotify\u2019s pact with Universal <\/a>was announced in January, sources stressed to Variety<\/em> that the terms improved at least some of the payment structure of\u00a0Spotify\u2019s controversial music-audiobooks \u201cbundling\u201d deal<\/a>, announced last year, which meant a lower mechanical royalty for songwriters and was so roundly condemned by rights-holders that the National Music Publishers Association filed a legal complaint against the streaming giant. It seems likely that similar terms were struck with Sony.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cOur partnership with Sony is built on a shared drive to shape the future of music. Together, we\u2019re accelerating the pace of innovation to create powerful new opportunities and increasing revenue for artists and songwriters,\u201d said Daniel Ek, Spotify\u2019s Founder and CEO. \u201cThese agreements aren\u2019t just a milestone; they\u2019re a catalyst for building a more dynamic and prosperous music ecosystem for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tRob Stringer, Chairman of Sony Music Group, said,\u00a0\u201cSony Music Group and Spotify have long been mutually committed to advancing music streaming and growing the marketplace for all.\u00a0 This is further reflected in our new agreements where we\u2019re working to develop futuristic approaches that ensure our artists and songwriters remain appropriately compensated for their work, and audiences are getting a high-quality experience that\u2019s ever evolving.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThese deals with Sony Music Group are built to better support artists and songwriters by unlocking new formats and forging deeper connections with fans,\u201d said Alex Norstr\u00f6m, Co-President & Chief Business Officer at Spotify. \u201cThis alignment creates space for new opportunities and long-term growth for everyone involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source variety.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sony Music Group and Spotify have announced an extension and expansion of their global partnership that includes a new direct licensing arrangement for publishing in the U.S. This move is notably significant because Sony \u2014 the world\u2019s largest publishing company \u2014\u00a0was the last major publisher to remain under the statutory rates set by the Copyright […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2031530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[47288,22821],"class_list":["post-2031529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-sony-music","tag-spotify"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Sony-Music-and-Spotify-Announce-New-Deal-With-Direct-Licensing.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2031529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2031529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2031529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}