Global Music Rights

Name

Global Music Rights

Legal name

Global Music Rights, LLC

Website

https://globalmusicrights.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music Rights Licensing

NAICS

Music Publishers (51223)

akta.pro primary industry

Performing Rights Organizations (PROs) & Public Performance Licensing (MPAIAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Performance Rights Administration (PRO Affiliation, Cue Sheet/Setlist Processing) (MPAIABAE), Music Rights Administration & Royalty Processing (Admin, Accounting, Statements) (MPAIAKAD), Global Rights Representation & Sub-Publishing/Reciprocal Collection Services (MPAIAKAI), Public Performance/Neighboring Rights for AV Uses (Cue Sheet & Reporting Services) (MPAIALAK)

Keywords

• Music rights licensing
• Performing rights organization
• Public performance royalties
• Blanket music license
• Copyright licensing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Blanket License Fees: GMR collects licensing fees from businesses that publicly perform music from their catalog. Fees are determined by business type (restaurants, bars, nightclubs, retail stores, hotels, etc.) and how music is presented to the public. License fees go directly to the creators and publishers represented by GMR.
2. Public Performance Licensing: Revenue generated through blanket licenses that authorize businesses to publicly perform shares of songs in the GMR catalog as often as desired, without needing permission for each individual song.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Global Music Rights is a performing rights organization (PRO) that licenses the public performance rights of copyrighted musical works to businesses such as restaurants, bars, radio and TV broadcasters, digital platforms, hotels, retail stores, and entertainment venues. It aggregates public performance rights for 129,000+ songs from 177+ songwriters under blanket license agreements, surveys usage, and distributes the resulting royalty income back to the songwriters, composers, and publishers it represents.

Product overview

Global Music Rights (GMR) is a Performance Rights Organization (PRO) that operates as a single unified platform offering music performance licensing services. The core product is the Blanket License, which allows businesses to publicly perform GMR's catalog of 129,000+ songs. Supporting the blanket license are the Music Catalog Search tool for repertoire discovery and the Client Portal for songwriters to manage their catalogs. The company represents prominent music creators including artists like Drake, Bruno Mars, Billie Eilish, and Bruce Springsteen, and offers specialized licensing for radio, television, digital, and general business use cases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Blanket License

Quantifiable outcome

• Statutory damages of $150,000 per infringed work for willful copyright infringement
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Radio Music Licensing Committee (RMLC)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 27 December 2016GMR reached a temporary licensing agreement with RMLC representing major radio station owners. The interim license ensured GMR client works would continue to be legally played by RMLC member stations. GMR previously filed a federal complaint against RMLC asserting anti-competitive practices in the performance rights marketplace.
• Azoff MSG EntertainmentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Irving Azoff and James Dolan established Azoff MSG Entertainment as a joint venture that includes Global Music Rights as its performance rights division. Services under the umbrella include artist management, digital and event marketing, television production, and performance rights licensing through GMR. Initial capitalization was reported at $300 million.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• ASCAP: The largest US PRO with 20M+ works and ~900,000 members. Directly comparable business (blanket public-performance licensing) but vastly larger scale and entrenched market position that GMR must compete against.
• BMI: Second-largest US PRO with ~20M works and global reciprocal network. Competes head-to-head with GMR for songwriter affiliations and commercial blanket licenses, particularly with broadcasters and digital platforms.

Direct peers

• SESAC: Smallest of the traditional US PROs and the closest direct peer to GMR in positioning: smaller curated roster, premium pricing, and selective songwriter recruitment. Mirrors GMR's 'boutique PRO' go-to-market approach.

Regional players

• SOCAN: Canadian PRO performing the same public-performance licensing function for Canadian rights holders. Comparable model but serves a distinct geography and is typically accessed by US licensees via reciprocal agreements.
• PRS for Music: UK PRO administering public-performance rights for British songwriters. Operates the same blanket-license model globally and is a relevant peer for international rights representation benchmarking.
• GEMA: German PRO administering public-performance rights for German songwriters and publishers. Same core function as GMR but anchored to a national repertoire with strong reciprocal ties.
• SACEM: French PRO with the same collecting-society mandate as GMR. Comparable business model and comparable regulatory environment, useful for benchmarking on licensing fees and governance.
• JASRAC: Japanese PRO operating the same public-performance rights licensing model for Japanese repertoire. Comparable in mandate though very different in scale and market structure.
• APRA AMCOS: Australian/New Zealand PRO performing the same public-performance licensing role. Direct functional analogue and a relevant peer for reciprocal collection arrangements in the Australasian market.
• SIAE: Italian collecting society administering public-performance and reproduction rights for Italian creators. Operates the same blanket-licensing model as GMR within a single national jurisdiction.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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