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Billboard: Mechanical Licensing Collective: How to Register and Why It's Important By Chris Eggertsen
The who, what and how for musicians and publishers looking to utilize the MLC. In Oct. 2018, the...
Music Ally: MLC reveals $424.4m of unmatched US streaming royalties
Last November, a filing from the newly-created Digital Licensee Coordinator (DLC) in the US – the...
Billboard: The MLC Receives Over $424M in Unmatched 'Black Box' Streaming Royalties
The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) has received a total of $424,384,787 in accrued...
Forbes: Apple, Spotify And Other DSPs Pay $424 Million In Unmatched Royalties For Publishers, Songwriters
The Mechanical Licensing Collective has received a total of $424.38 million in accrued historical...
Working Musician Podcast: Episode 118 The MLC's Kris Ahrend
The MLC’s CEO Kris Ahrend joins the Working Musician Podcast and host David Pedrick to discuss the...
Billboard: MLC CEO Kris Ahrend Named to Billboard’s 2021 Change Agents List
Over the past year, the music industry began an extraordinary transformation.
Route Note: The MLC Has Launched
The Mechanical Licensing Collective have been building up to their launch and it’s finally come....
Grammy.com: Mechanical Licensing Collective Officially Launches
The Mechanical Licensing Collective has officially started to collect mechanical royalties!...
Hypebot: Mechanical Licensing Collective Prepares For January 1st Launch
Starting on January 1, 2021, the provision in the Music Modernisation Act of 2018 (MMA)...
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