The Music Publishing Business Course
Tim Whitsett and Mike Lawson
18 lessons covering rights, royalties, licensing, catalog management and accounting, with worked cases and a practical capstone. 2026 edition.
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Course outline
- The business behind the song
- Building the catalog record
- Starting a publishing company
- Acquiring songs and valuing catalogs
- Copyright ownership registration and duration
- Negotiating songwriter agreements
- Co publishing and administration
- Mechanical licensing and streaming royalties
- Public performance and collection societies
- Synchronization and audiovisual licensing
- International rights and collections
- Print lyrics and educational uses
- Theater and dramatic uses
- Advertising branded content and endorsements
- Samples games platforms and artificial intelligence
- Developing songs and finding uses
- Marketing a publishing catalog
- Accounting management and continuity