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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)...
Music Row: The Mechanical Licensing Collective Plans Database Webinar, Toolkit For Educators
The Mechanical Licensing Collective is presenting a webinar about the organization’s Bulk Database...
Music Connection: The MLC Launches Its Educator Toolkit
The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) has announced the release of its brand-new Educator...
Music Row: The MLC Partners With Software And Service Providers On Data Quality Initiative
The MLC announced today (Dec. 9) that four music data companies are joining its Data Quality...
Billboard: The MLC Wants You — To Sign Up, Register Your Compositions, and Check Your Data (Guest Column)
When the music industry comes together, powerful things can happen. We proved this in 2018, when a...
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