Our President/CEO Patrick Sullivan was quoted today in a New York Times article on recent moves by Sirius and others towards direct licensing options.

Business Day
Sirius’s Move to Bypass a Royalty Payment Clearinghouse Causes an Uproar
By BEN SISARIO
Published: November 6, 2011

Sirius’s action reflects a gradual shift in music business, as many companies try to reduce costs by bypassing the standard method of paying for digital streams.

Read Patrick’s quote and the full article on the New York Times website.

Ultra International Music Publishing has cut a deal to provide its catalog of hip-hop, R&B, reggae, latin and dance music to Muzak’s platform of customized playlists.  Muzak creates customized music playlists for 350,000 clients that are experienced by 100 million people every day, according to the company, which uses Rightsflow to license and track royalty payments.  Ultra’s song catalog includes “Blame It” performed by Jamie Fox feat T Pain and “I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)” performed by Pitbull.

By Ed Christman

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