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☆ How much money does Mariah Carey make from ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’? ‘It’s a lot,’ music expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-22 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Why Carey is likely getting paid ‘six ways to Sunday’The ecosystem of music royalties is notoriously convoluted. Music royalties are different from those of other works like books or photography. Carey and Afanasieff split their writing credits with publishers including Universal Music, Sony Music and Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, according to ASCAP. Afanasieff, Sony Music and Kobalt Songs Music Publishing didn’t return requests for comment. She made about $1.9 million of the master recording revenue, Billboard estimated, while her label, Sony, kept the other $3.4 million.

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☆ How much money does Mariah Carey make from 'All I Want For Christmas Is You'? 'It's a lot,' music expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-22 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Mariah Carey performs "All I Want for Christmas Is You" at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards. Jeff Kravitz | Filmmagic, Inc | Getty ImagesThe ecosystem of music royalties is notoriously convoluted. Carey and Afanasieff split their writing credits with publishers including Universal Music, Sony Music and Kobalt Songs Music Publishing, according to ASCAP. Afanasieff, Sony Music and Kobalt Songs Music Publishing didn't return requests for comment. All told, these estimates suggest Carey may have made about $2.7 million to $3.3 million from recording and publishing in 2022.

Persons: Mariah Carey, Gilbert Flores, Mariah Carey's, Carey, Chris Chambers, didn't, Natasha Chee, Donahue Fitzgerald, George Howard, Kevin Mazur, Howard, Phillips, Jeff Kravitz, Walter Afanasieff, Jordan Bromley, She's, —, Afanasieff, Bromley, Santa Claus, James Devaney, Berklee College of Music Carey, Entertainment's Bromley Organizations: Penske Media, Billboard, The Chamber Group, Spotify, Berklee College of Music, Rykodisc, Madison, Garden, Getty, Phelps, Beacon Theatre, Inc, Finance, Manatt Entertainment, ASCAP, Universal Music, Sony Music, Music Publishing, Columbia Records, Publishing, Universal Music Publishing, Rockefeller Center, Wireimage, Sony Locations: U.S, New York City, Manatt, Santa

☆ Here’s what’s in and out of the government funding agreement
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-18 | by ( Katie Lobosco | Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

A House vote on a Trump-endorsed funding bill failed on Thursday evening. Here’s what’s no longer in the funding package:Debt ceiling extensionThe GOP package that failed Thursday would have suspended the debt ceiling until January 30, 2027, addressing Trump’s key demand from his Wednesday evisceration of the original deal. The funding package no logner includes major changes for pharmacy benefit managers. The spending package also would have transferred DC’s Air National Guard 121st Fighter Squadron into the Maryland Air National Guard. Funding for pediatric cancer researchThe final bill does not reauthorize federal funding for the National Institutes of Health’s Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program.

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A 70-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with a 1983 murder in Southern California, police said. Michael Larry Manatt, of Huntington Beach, was arrested in connection with the murder of Ronald Gaskey, who police said was killed in his Newport Beach home on Dec. 13, 1983. Newport Beach police said in a statement that after detectives conducted interviews and collected evidence from Gaskey's home at the time of the murder, they were not able to charge a suspect, leading the case to go cold. The Orange County public defender's office did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment Sunday night. Newport Beach is a city in neighboring Orange County, about 45 miles southeast of Los Angeles.

Persons: Michael Larry Manatt, Ronald Gaskey, Manatt, Gaskey Organizations: Newport Beach, Police, Associated Press, Orange County Register, Daily, AP, Huntington Locations: Southern California, Huntington Beach, Newport, Orange, Los Angeles, Orange County

☆ Healthcare investors are torn on Trump's second term
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-09 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

While many tech VCs are optimistic about Trump's second term, some healthcare investors feel stuck. AdvertisementThe lower corporate taxes and deregulation a second Trump term could promise are already amplifying public market optimism. She could be removed as the FTC's head early in Trump's second term — and with relaxed M&A regulations, "anything is possible," said What If Ventures founder Stephen Hays. SOPA Images/Contributor/Getty ImagesMedicaid could also be targeted in Trump's second term. A boon for healthcare AI and Medicare AdvantageTrump's victory could have a positive impact on several big areas of healthcare investment.

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☆ How music lawyers are crafting a new playbook to protect artists from AI imitators
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Copyright and right of publicity laws are top of mind for entertainment attorneys as AI songs surge. Here are four key takeaways from a recent panel on AI music hosted by the law firm Manatt. But the precise manner that AI-generated music, trained on a human artist's body of work, could violate copyright laws is still being defined. Streaming platforms like Spotify and YouTube will play a big role in AI's futureThe sheer volume of AI songs spit out onto streaming platforms could create detection challenges for rights holders. Music platforms like Spotify and YouTube could set limits on how much AI music spreads, the attorneys said.

☆ Brands are chasing TikTok views by jumping in on celebrity memes like the one of Pedro Pascal eating a sandwich. Legal experts say it's a risky move.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

TikTok memes of celebrities like Pedro Pascal and Finn Wolfhard have taken off on the app. Legal experts told Insider including a celebrity's likeness in a video can be risky for brands. The app is awash with clips of actors like Finn Wolfhard snapping his fingers or Pedro Pascal eating a sandwich. Legal experts told Insider brand accounts should think twice before adding a famous actor's likeness to a video without their explicit permission. Using celebrity memes in videos isn't the only hazard for brands looking to join TikTok trends.

☆ How TikTok and the music industry are bound to each other as 'frenemies,' even as they battle over licensing
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Dan Whateley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

All of these promotional functions have benefited the music industry, boosting streams on platforms like Spotify or Apple Music and helping artists grow their fan bases. The company filed a US trademark application in May for a potential music-streaming product called "TikTok Music," Insider first reported. Licensing negotiations to either expand Resso or introduce TikTok Music into other markets are underway, a person with direct knowledge of the process told Insider. Licensing negotiations are nearly constant in the music industryByteDance and TikTok already have existing agreements in place with major record labels and publishers like Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, the National Music Publishers' Association, and ICE. Last quarter, YouTube's head of music wrote that the company paid out $6 billion to the music industry over a 12-month period.

But the company was recently found liable for using songs in TikTok videos without a license. But over the last year, the company has been embroiled in a lawsuit around its use of music in TikTok videos. The early days of companies blindly jumping into TikTok music trends are over. The takeaway, Elton said, is that this lawsuit should never have happened: "Bang Energy should have known better." "With a few simple inquiries, they could have easily found out that the TikTok music licensing model would not cover their intended use of the music."

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