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Music Data Intelligence

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Market sizing, commercial consequence, and the money on the table.

The Chief Executive's Office publishes the arithmetic. Income pools sized in currency rather than rhetoric, recoveries with a figure and a timescale attached, and the diligence work that changes a valuation before a deal closes.

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Board and investor facing. It does the sums and shows them.
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Owners, investors, catalogue funds, and the people who sign for the deal.
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Published under this masthead.

No. 012

The MLC historical royalties pool: what the current figures show

The MLC reported an adjusted historical total of $397.3 million and $236.6 million distributed through June 2026. The remaining balance is not automatically synonymous with unmatched royalties.

Published Black Box public-source analysis 4 min read
No. 024

Neighbouring rights are substantial, international and data-dependent

Current PPL, GVL and SENA figures show the scale of neighbouring-rights activity. Coverage, mandates, eligibility and recording data determine the path to payment.

Published Black Box public-source analysis 4 min read
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