Some businesses entities have financial relationships in which one shares the revenues earned through use of an asset owned by the other. Essentially, it is a lessee/lessor relationship, though the ...

A little-known and specialized type of accountant serves as a behind-the-scenes guardian for musicians and other creative types in the complex field of royalty accounting. Their main job is to make ...

With crude oil trading in the $60 range and with natural gas at a new price deck, oil and gas producers have an incentive to market and trade their production downstream of the wellhead. With crude ...

The spin-off of Curve, a royalty accounting and rights management business, fulfills a stipulation made by regulators when they approved the Downtown sale. By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall Independent ...

Breaking ranks with industry rivals, Bertelsmann Music Group today will launch what the company calls a “fairer, more transparent” accounting system for royalty payments, a move that artist ...

Many Canadian publishers currently use tools such as Excel, in-house software or legacy systems to manage their royalties. As publishing practices continue to evolve, these tools are being put under ...

Producers calculate oil and gas royalties using a relatively straight-forward formula, but litigation can still arise from any of its variables. The royalty payment equals the royalty owner's net ...