Digital Era Causes Shifts in Roles of Record Labels/ Music Publishers

October 2007: The digital-music era has resulted in many shifts in the music business. A major one has been the creative and economic repositioning of record labels and music publishers. In the following interview, coordinated by Entertainment Law & Finance Editor-in-Chief Stan Soocher, Keith C. Hauprich and Bob Donnelly discuss this repositioning and related issues from the publisher’s and artist attorney’s perspectives. More

Music Publisher Concerns over Viral-Video Sites

February 2007: The Internet has presented numerous challenges to the music industry. Unlicensed digital downloading has been at the top of the list for several years. More recently, the use of music on viral-video Web sites has produced a new set of challenges. In the following interview, conducted by Entertainment Law & Finance Editor-in-Chief Stan Soocher, Keith C. Hauprich, Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs for Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc., discusses music-publishing concerns in the viral-video age. More

Business Must Open Up to Open-Format Music

March 26, 2006: Cherry Lane's Richard Stumpf discusses open format music in a Billboard commentary.

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