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One of the RIAA’s greatest ambassadors and one of my most valued colleagues will be leaving the RIAA. Neil Turkewitz, our famed Executive Vice President, International, is departing after 29 years of exemplary service to the labels we represent and the entire music community. Neil and I have worked together…

The U.S. Copyright Office has convened a series public “roundtables” on the efficacy of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Those roundtables follow a public comment period, in which thousands of artists, managers, and music organizations demanded reforms to the antiquated DMCA which forces creators to police the…

Thank you to everyone for their patience as we have updated the RIAA Revenue and Shipments online database.

Hundreds of artists, songwriters, managers and music organizations today are calling for reforms of the broken Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). 

Now that our 2015 sales numbers are out, there is one category that continues to befuddle even the most astute industry observers: vinyl (in a good way, of course).

Reports surfaced this week that SiriusXM will soon raise prices for many of its satellite radio packages in the coming months. 

The App Association announced today on Capitol Hill – joined by House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte – new “best practices” for app companies using creative works to help prevent the theft of those works via mobile apps.

ICYMI Music Business Worldwide recently published a blog by our Josh Friedlander, SVP, Strategic Data Analysis.

We are excited to officially launch a new microsite, musicfuels.com.  We all know that music dominates social media, right?  But when you start to break it down and look at the most followed accounts on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram on a daily basis – with their tens of millions of followers – the dominance of music and musicians is truly startling.

We have submitted our recommended list of “notorious markets” to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) as part of its annual request for information on overseas sites and services.