Music and Entertainment Rights Licensing Independent Network Limited

About

Merlin provides independents the means to own their future. Merlin is a member led, music focused organization providing digital music licensing for the leading independents across the globe. Members benefit from Merlin’s premium deals, but work directly with key digital partners. Our membership consists of independent labels, distributors, and other rights-holders, representing tens of thousands of labels and hundreds of thousands of artists from every country in the world. Merlin works collaboratively with our digital partners, delivers value back to those digital partners, and seeks to drive other incremental benefits to our members. Merlin’s approach has enabled our membership to grow to represent 15% of the global market share. Merlin’s membership includes independents such as Armada Music, Audiosalad, AVL Group (including CD Baby, DashGo and FUGA), Beggars Group, Better Noise, Cinq Music Group, Curb Records, Ditto, Domino, Empire, Epitaph Records, Exceleration Music, Hopeless, IDOL, Innercat Music, K7, Kontor New Media, Lex Records, Mad Decent, Many Hats, MNRK, Mom & Pop, Monstercat, Mushroom Music, Nettwerk, Ninja Tune, [PIAS], Polyvinyl, Pony Canyon, Reach Records, Redeye, Secret City, Secretly, Stones Throw, Symphonic Distribution, Sub Pop, Too Lost, UnitedMasters, Vydia, Warp, Zebralution and hundreds more. Merlin has deals with over 30 digital services, including Apple, AWA, Boomplay, Deezer, Facebook/Instagram, JioSaavn, KKBox, NetEase, Pandora, Snap, SoundCloud, Spotify, Tencent, TikTok and YouTube Music, and in conversations with dozens more. Merlin has offices in London, New York, and Tokyo.

Digital licensing agency for independent labels, distributors and artist services companies