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20 Years of Hits

Music accounting firm celebrates 20 years of hits  by Josh Needs for Accountants Daily One of Australia’s largest niche accounting firms, White Sky, is toasting two decades of success from…

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Celebrating 20 Years

White Sky Celebrates 20 Years as the Music Business Accounting Experts by Augustus Welby for The Music Network    White Sky is Australia’s biggest music business accounting firm. The Melbourne-based…

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Kelis vs Beyonce (Or Sampling vs Interpolation)

90’s RnB legend, Kelis, took to social media last week to express her unhappiness at the fact that a portion of her mega-hit, “Milkshake”, has been used on the new…

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Catalogue Sales

White Sky’s Matt Bird demystifies the music catalogue sales boom by Christie Eliezer Contributing Editor The Music Network The industry-wide chatter about music catalogue buy-outs tends to be tilted towards…

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PPCA Registrations Reminder

August 31st marks the cut off for PPCA registrations this year. For those of you already registered as a licensor or a performer with PPCA, now is the time to ensure…

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Royalties Update #12

White Sky Royalties Update – Issue #12 Congratulations Gerry!   Winner! Photo – Morgan Sette http://www.morgansette.com/ Gerry McKenna wins the 2019 Outstanding Achievement AIR Award, presented by Merlin. There are…

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Royalties Update #11

  White Sky Royalties Update – Issue #11 News and views from the money side of music. (And Happy New Year!)   User-centric streaming payouts: Not a new idea, but…

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Royalties Update #10

White Sky Royalties Update – Issue #10 News and views from the money side of music   Spotify equity payouts So, has everyone got their equity payout now? 3 out…

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Royalties Update #9

White Sky Royalties Update – Issue #9 News and views from the money side of music   EU Copyright Directive The EU Copyright Directive marched closer to becoming law with…

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Royalties Update #8

  White Sky Royalties Update – Issue #8 News and views from the money side of music   Putting the Band Back Together. What a month in music industry data…

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