HFA to Administer Publishing for Spotify U.S. Launch

July 19, 2011 by David Weiss

NYC-based The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA) has entered into a publishing licensing, administration and management agreement with the digital music service Spotify.

The Harry Fox Agency will spot mechanicals for Spotify.

Under the agreement, HFA will clear mechanical publishing rights for Spotify, licensing certain rights in millions of musical works from thousands of publishers. Spotify will utilize HFA’s end-to-end publishing licensing, reporting, and royalty services to support their launch in the U.S.

HFA currently has more than 46,000 affiliated publishers.

Tags: Harry Fox Agency, HFA, licensing reportng, mechanical, mechanicals, Publishing, royalties, royalty, Spotify

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