Hipgnosis strikes partnership with Songclip, a tech platform for integrating licensed music in apps

Hipgnosis Songs Administration has struck a partnership with music licensing tech agency Songclip.

Songclip, which has patented a expertise answer for integrating widespread licensed music as a characteristic in apps, claims to be the world’s solely patented music clip firm.

Owned and operated by Clipmedia, Songclip presents music clip licensing and integration for shopper functions and platforms, with shoppers starting from social platforms to courting apps and cellular video games.

Songclip says the brand new partnership will enable it to supply its customers entry to round 100,000 songs administered by Hipgnosis, by writers together with Chrissie Hynde, Sam Hollander, Ari Levine, Jack Antonoff, Savan Kotecha and extra.

The cope with Hipgnosis follows a string of different partnerships struck by Songclip over the previous 12 months.

In June, the corporate introduced partnerships with each the Nationwide Music Publishers Affiliation and with Common Music Group. In June 2021, Warner Music Group signed a strategic international partnership with the music expertise firm.

As well as, Songclip additionally says that it really works in partnership with Kobalt, BMG, and eight,000 different rights homeowners to “assist app corporations navigate the complexities of music licensing”.

Songclip’s expertise suite manages options equivalent to search and discovery, catalog and compliance, licensing, royalty funds, reporting and end-user analytics.

Based by former Bandsintown and Zynga execs, Songclip closed an $11 million funding spherical in March 2021 led by Gregg Smith of Evolution VC Companions. That spherical of funding introduced Songclip’s whole raised to $22 million.

“Hipgnosis and Songclip have been on the forefront of understanding the worth of music IP throughout apps and social media.”

Andy Blacker, Songclip

“Hipgnosis and Songclip have been on the forefront of understanding the worth of music IP throughout apps and social media,” says Andy Blacker, Co-Founder & CEO of Songclip, a Clipmedia firm.

“Our strategic partnership and mixed mission makes positive that music in apps shall be correctly licensed and that IP homeowners are compensated.”

“Songclip represents the industry-backed answer for ensuring apps can simply combine music, with correct licensing, compliance and fee again to proper’s holders.”

Ted Cockle, Hipgnosis

Ted Cockle, Chief Music Officer, Hipgnosis Music Administration, added: “Music is on the coronary heart of our lives, it has the ability to evoke robust feelings and we are able to already see how integral it’s to many components of our on-line life.

“Songclip represents the industry-backed answer for ensuring apps can simply combine music, with correct licensing, compliance and fee again to proper’s holders.

“Their IP and technical know-how gives customers with easy options, enhancing the expertise while making life simpler.”

“Our partnership with Hipgnosis gives a novel alternative for shopper apps to license a number of the hottest and iconic songs ever written and recorded.”

Kendall Berman, Songclip

Kendall Berman, Chief Enterprise Officer at Songclip, mentioned: “Our partnership with Hipgnosis gives a novel alternative for shopper apps to license a number of the hottest and iconic songs ever written and recorded.

“Distributing the Hipgnosis Songs catalogue through our API tremendously will increase each the standard and worth of the Songclip library for our present companions, and future companions to come back.”Music Enterprise Worldwide