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Spotify and BMG have entered into a direct, multiyear US publishing licensing agreement designed to deliver greater value to songwriters and their teams.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This agreement reflects BMG and Spotify\u2019s shared interest in building a direct relationship that ensures songwriters share more directly in the value created by their work. It\u2019s a practical step toward a more flexible licensing model that better serves both publishers and their artists, ensuring BMG songwriters benefit more directly in the growth of streaming.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAt Spotify, we believe the future of music depends on stronger collaboration across the industry,\u201d said <\/span>Alex Norstr\u00f6m, Co-President and Chief Business Officer, Spotify<\/b>. \u201cOur partnership with BMG advances that vision with renewed support for songwriters through a licensing model that will enhance how music is enjoyed on our platform.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The deal serves as the latest step following BMG\u2019s announcement in late 2023 that it was taking direct control of its digital business, enabling the company <\/span>to manage its own relationships with streaming platforms to leverage data, improve artist services, and streamline operations for its substantial music catalog.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWorking directly with Spotify helps us reinforce our mission to ensure songwriters are fairly represented and rewarded for their work,\u201d said <\/span>Thomas Coesfeld, CEO of BMG.<\/b> \u201cWe\u2019re pleased to agree on a progressive licensing model that reflects the real-world use of music across digital platforms and are excited to take our partnership to the next level as we continue to redefine what a modern music company can be.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe applaud Spotify\u2019s momentum and support their position on developing new AI protections,\u201d he continued. \u201cWhile we support the use of AI to enhance human creativity, these policies align with BMG\u2019s philosophy and will help ensure that fair remuneration and protection of artists\u2019 works remain nonnegotiable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/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 newsroom.spotify.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Spotify and BMG have entered into a direct, multiyear US publishing licensing agreement designed to deliver greater value to songwriters and their teams.\u00a0 This agreement reflects BMG and Spotify\u2019s shared interest in building a direct relationship that ensures songwriters share more directly in the value created by their work. It\u2019s a practical step toward a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2079555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2079554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/BMG-and-Spotify-Sign-New-US-Direct-Licensing-Agreement-\u2014.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079554","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=2079554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2079556,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2079554\/revisions\/2079556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2079555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2079554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2079554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2079554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}