By Isabelle Speerin Fifty years ago, a forward-thinking group of Canadian music publishers led by Pierre Gauthier, President of the Canadian Music Publishers Association (CMPA), laid the groundwork for the creation of an organization to oversee the licensing of musical reproduction rights in Canada. CMPA’s mission was to promote the interests of music publishers and […]
CMRRA distributed over $57 million in royalties to music publishers and self-published songwriters in 2020
The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA), Canada’s leading mechanical reproduction rights licensing collective, announced today that they distributed over 57 million dollars to music publishers and self-published songwriters in 2020. Online streaming featured significantly in these figures, representing an increase of more than 17% compared to 2019’s distributions for streaming year-over-year. The Toronto agency, […]
