Music Reports Announces Distribution Of More Than $5 Million In Mechanical Royalties On Behalf Of Digital Music Service Clients

WOODLAND HILLS, CA. Music Reports Inc. ("MRI"), the leading provider of music rights administration services in the United States, today announced that it has distributed more than $5,000,000 in statutory mechanical royalties on behalf of its digital music service clients. These royalties have been calculated at the rates applicable to on-demand streams and limited downloads, as determined by the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board in 2008. Statutory mechanical licenses from MRI now cover more than 1 billion plays of digital music per month.

"Publishers are reaping great financial benefits from our statutory mechanical licensing program for digital music services," said Douglas J. Brainin, President and CEO of Music Reports. "This program continues to be a critical component of any licensing strategy for digital music services."

MRI now pays statutory mechanical royalties to more than 12,000 music publishing administrators, representing over 50,000 individual music publishers. MRI clients use the statutory mechanical license to obtain rights from the tens of thousands of independent music publishers who do not license through the Harry Fox Agency.

About Music Reports
Music Reports, Inc. (www.musicreports.com) is the leading provider of music rights administration services in the United States. The company's proprietary systems and applications set the standard for technology in the music industry. MRI also maintains the largest database of music copyright information in the world, the Songdex® database. The company offers a full spectrum of music rights administration services, including: copyright research; music clearance; sales data consolidation; music usage reporting; royalty accounting; and royalty payment. MRI clients include the world's largest television and radio broadcasters, digital music services, background music services, record labels, mobile carriers, and consumer products companies. MRI is a portfolio company of ABRY Partners, one of North America's leading private equity investment firms, which is focused on media and information services.
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Kussu Music Publishing Announces Licensing Agreement With Harry Fox Agency

Kussu Music Publishing, a leading independent company with catalogues of songwriters, composers and producers from all around the world, announced that it has entered into a licensing and collection agreement for the US territory with Harry Fox Agency.

Harry Fox Agency will issue mechanical license and collect mechanical royalties in the US on behalf of Kussu Music Publishing and its affiliated publishers. HFA is a leading organization in the US with an extensive knowledge of the music publishing landscape and tremendous ability of supporting business on any scale, said Didier Kussu, President and Founder, Kussu Productions Inc.

About Kussu Music Publishing
Kussu Music Publishing was founded in 1994 as a publishing arm of Kussu Productions Inc., a music content company with global businesses in music publishing and recorded music, including artist development, management and music library as specialties.

About Harry Fox Agency
Established in 1927 by the National Music Publishers’ Association, HFA represents over 37,000 music publishers for their licensing needs in the United States, issuing licenses and collecting and distributing the associated royalties. In addition to being the premier mechanical licensing agent in the U.S., which includes CDs, ringtones, digital downloads, interactive streams, limited downloads and more, HFA is dedicated to finding new ways for its affiliated publishers to recognize value for their catalogs, including lyrics and tablature. Further, HFA provides collection and monitoring services to its publisher clients for music distributed and sold in over 100 territories around the world.

For further questions, please contact:
Email: licensing (at) kussu.net
Website: http://www.kussu.net

Lionheart International Signs With RightsFlow For Mechanical Licensing And Royalty Services

Lionheart International, one of the largest record labels in Sweden, and RightsFlow, a provider of licensing and royalty services, announced today that Lionheart International will utilize RightsFlow's proprietary mechanical licensing system ("FLOW") to license, account, and pay publisher royalties for DPD, interactive streams and limited downloads of its catalogue, including subscription and ad-supported models.

"Partnering with RightsFlow alleviates the complexity of handling publishing rights for the United States for digital downloads and now streaming services." stated Robert Olausson of Lionheart International. "In RightsFlow, we have a proven partner who can assist in remedying this area of business."

"RightsFlow is very happy to announce this latest agreement with Lionheart International," stated Duncan Hutchison, Chief Content Officer of RightsFlow. "We are excited to help further Lionheart International's goal of having a one-stop solution to handle their U.S. mechanical licensing, accounting, and royalty needs."

Under U.S. Copyright Law, mechanical licenses are required for music to be distributed through online music services. The current U.S. statutory mechanical rate for permanent downloads is 9.1¢ for songs five minutes or less and 1.75¢ per minute for songs over five minutes. Limited download and interactive streaming services generally pay a mechanical royalty of 10.5 percent of revenue, less amounts owed for performance royalties. RightsFlow's licensing service utilizes the bulk licensing system of The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA), a leading U.S. music rights licensing organization, to ensure publishers and songwriters are properly compensated under U.S. law.

About Lionheart International:
Lionheart International is one of the biggest record companies in Sweden. The company was established in 1990 and has enjoyed constant major success domestically as well as internationally. Since August 2007 we are also a part of the Universal Music family, however still working as a stand alone company. Our main target has always been to deliver good music and artists in a wide variety of styles and genres. Today, the catalogue includes some of the most exciting Swedish and Scandinavian artists.

About RightsFlow:
RightsFlow offers Mechanical Licensing & Royalty Solutions for labels, distributors, and online music services. We specialize in obtaining bulk mechanical, DPD, and ringtone licenses including streaming, tethered, and limited downloads rights. Our proprietary "FLOW" system allows us to license, account, and pay royalties directly to the Harry Fox Agency (HFA) and the thousands of publishers not represented by HFA. Today, RightsFlow services over 1,200 labels for mechanical and DPD licensing. Some of the many clients we service include marquee companies such as EMI Music, Muzak, Active International, Artspages, CD Baby, Mint Records, IODA, Pandigital, TV Land, Audible Magic, One Italia, YouLicense, Constellation Wines (Blackstone), X5 Music Group, Zebralution, 180 Music, La Cupula Music, C.A.M. Original Soundtracks, BFM Digital, and Disc Makers, among others. For more information on RightsFlow's services and management team, visit http://www.rightsflow.com