Merlin Promotes Jim Mahoney to SVP, Member & Partner Success
January 14, 2021Merlin, the largest and most trusted digital licensing partner for independents, has promoted Jim Mahoney to SVP, Member & Partner Success....
Merlin Welcomes Many Hats Endeavors as a New Member
January 13, 2021Merlin is pleased to welcome 81 independent labels, distributors, and other rights-holders as new members in 2020. These new members, like all of...
Merlin’s Celebrate Music Event
January 13, 2021If you missed our Celebrate Music event on January 13th, you can watch a recording of it here. Thank you to our members, our digital partners,...
Merlin: Strategically Guiding Independents During a Year of Unprecedented Upheaval
January 13, 20212020 was a disruptive year for the world. We all stood witness to a global pandemic that shook the entire music ecosystem, virtually shut down...
The Path to Merlin Membership
January 9, 2021We’re excited you’re interested in learning more about joining Merlin. In order to potentially qualify for membership, applicants need to satisfy...
Joining a Trade Association Helps Members to Maximize their Merlin Membership
January 8, 2021What are trade associations? Trade associations (TAs) are a vital piece of the independent music ecosystem, offering advocacy, education, and...
Celebrate Music with Merlin On January 13th
January 4, 2021Please use this link to join us on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, for a virtual celebration of what brings us all together: Independent Music!...
Merlin Member Updates – !K7
December 30, 2020In recent months, we’ve had the privilege to interview many of our members about the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has impacted the music...
“Our Members’ Success Is Our Success”: Merlin Makes Key Hires to Deliver More Value to its Growing Member Base
December 4, 20202020 has been a dynamic year of challenges, innovation, and hard work for Merlin, the independent’s digital music licensing partner. In January,...
Tencent Music Entertainment and Merlin Renew Multi-Year Licensing Agreement
October 26, 2020Tencent Music Entertainment Group (Tencent Music or TME, NYSE: TME), the leading online music entertainment platform in China, and Merlin, the...
Merlin: Enabling Provocative Music Since 2008
September 21, 2020Written by Jeremy Sirota Independent music is provocative. It can be audacious, disruptive, and defiant. Independent music can shake you out of...
Amuse Joins Merlin To ‘Secure The Most Artist-Friendly Terms’ from Spotify, TikTok and More
July 8, 2020Fast-growing, Stockholm-based distribution company Amuse – which also runs its own in-house record label – has joined independent collective...
Merlin Promotes Charlie Lexton to Chief Operating Officer
April 28, 2020In an expanded role, Lexton will continue to oversee Merlin’s deal-making efforts. New remit includes oversight of Merlin’s Data Analytics...
Merlin and TikTok Agree to a Landmark Global Music Licensing Partnership
January 23, 2020Merlin, the digital licensing hub for the world’s independent music sector, has entered into a multi-territory partnership with TikTok, the...
Merlin Appoints Jeremy Sirota as the New Chief Executive Officer
January 8, 2020Sirota joins from Facebook’s Music Team Merlin diversifies its board, adding eight new executives from Australia, Brazil, Nigeria, the...
Boomplay And Merlin Bring the World’s Best Independent Music to Africa
December 10, 2019A landmark licensing partnership with Merlin, the global digital rights agency for the independent label sector, will ensure that Boomplay,...
Dutch Trade Association Stomp has Awarded Charles Caldas as Independent of the Year 2019
November 22, 2019Dutch trade association STOMP has awarded Charles Caldas as Independent of the Year 2019 to honor him for his great work for independents in his...
Charles Caldas Named Indie Champion at the Aim Awards
September 3, 2019Charles Caldas, CEO of global digital rights agency for the independent label sector Merlin, took home the Indie Champion award in recognition of...
Merlin’s Jim Mahoney Promoted to VP, Global Operations
July 23, 2019Merlin, the global rights agency for the independent label sector, today announced that Jim Mahoney is promoted with immediate effect to the...
Merlin Extends Otto Partnership for Another 3 Years
July 3, 2019Merlin, the global digital rights agency for the independent label sector, has extended its partnership with OTTO, the analytics and reporting...
Merlin Reveals Record Revenue Distributions in New 2019 Membership Report
June 18, 2019– Since opening for business, Merlin has paid in excess of $2bn to thousands of independent la-bels and distributors worldwide. While...
Charles Caldas to Step Down as Merlin Ceo
June 17, 2019Charles Caldas has announced that he will step down as CEO of Merlin at the end of 2019 after more than 12 years at the helm of the global...
Akira Nomoto Appointed as General Manager, Merlin Japan
May 15, 2019– Spotify Japan’s former Director of Licensing and Label Relations to spearhead expansion of Merlin’s activities – Kaoruko Hill...
Mixcloud and Merlin Network Announce Direct Licensing Deal
November 27, 2018London, 27 November 2018– Mixcloud, the audio streaming platform that’s fostering a global community for audio culture, has signed a...
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