Few sectors of the music business have come to the forefront with more force than music publishing in recent years, as catalogs have begun to change hands, artists have become more open to selling their works and new players have entered the field looking to capitalize on the steady returns that top-shelf songs can provide for investors of all types.
But while the major publishers remain some of the biggest players, with expansive catalogs and plenty of power, the independent music publishing world has also been thriving, with plenty of capital and the type of ingenuity and creative thinking that many have come to expect from the independent community.
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06/10/2025Still, there are plenty of challenges, not just for indies in particular, but for publishers of all sizes — from fragmented metadata, to the threat of AI, to the upheaval at the U.S. Copyright Office, to the Copyright Royalty Board battle that continues to simmer, all of which will shape the future of this flourishing business. And that business does continue to succeed — new global market opportunities, technology-based solutions, cross-genre and cross-territory collaborations and more all leave room for songwriters, publishers and producers to continue to expand their horizons and find new ways to push the limits of creativity.
At this pivotal moment — and as part of Billboard’s Indie Power Players package for the first time — we asked 11 top executives at 10 of the biggest independent publishers to address the most urgent challenges and the biggest opportunities facing their sector of the business right now.
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