Merlin

Merlin opened its doors with a staff of three. Now, the agency claims a 12% share of the global digital recorded music market.

From little things, big things grow. With a little magic dust, Merlin did just that. Its team, and its distributions are growing. The digital rights agency for the independent music community last…

Merlin, the independents’ global digital rights agency, quietly announced earlier this month that it had sold its entire equity stake in Spotify and the proceeds, according to its CEO Charles Caldas,…

Next week marks Merlin's tenth birthday, and because we are good, dutiful friends, we wanted to get our happy birthdays in nice and early -- and give props to Charles Caldas, the Aussie who has…

A panel discussion featuring Merlin CEO Charles Caldas highlighted the potential for artists outside of their home market.

Merlin CEO Charles Caldas also announced that its members will be passed on 100% of profits.

Merlin is taking the high road to China through a string of new licensing arrangements which could push independent music to a potential new audience of half a billion people. In a groundbreaking set…

Merlin has pulled off a special trick: the independents’ digital rights agency has paid out its billionth dollar (AUS$1.25 billion) to its members. The milestone, announced early Monday, follows…

Digital rights agency Merlin revealed it paid a total of US$353m (AUD$468.3m) over twelve months to independent labels, landing just shy of distributing US$1m a day to indies. Luckily (for our…

Spotify and Merlin have agreed to a new multi-year global license agreement for independent record labels. Merlin is the global digital rights agency for the world’s independent label sector. This…