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October
Authors and Performers’ rights organisations urge Finnish Members of Parliament to reverse cuts to private copying compensation
30.10.2024
The European and international organisations of authors and performers’ collective management organisations in the audiovisual, music, literary and visual…
CISAC Global Collections Report 2024: Global creators’ royalties up 7.6% to new high of EUR 13.1 billion in 2023
24.10.2024
Global royalty collections for creators grew by 7.6% to a new high of EUR 13.1 billion in 2023. The increase was driven by continued steady growth in digital…
Music Listening in Finland 2024: Finns prefer to listen to their self-created playlists and to radio
23.10.2024
According to IFPI Finland’s and Teosto’s Music Listening in Finland 2024 survey, in Spotify listening, the dominance of self-created playlists has further…
Music Listening in Finland 2024: Finland has two million music fans, of whom 50,000 are superfans
14.10.2024
The superfan phenomenon has become a topic of discussion in the music industry globally.  According to IFPI Finland’s and Teosto’s Music Listening in…
New Nordic Report: Music Rights Organisations Should Prioritise Social Sustainability Issues
08.10.2024
There is substantial potential for the industry and Music Rights Organisations (CMOs) to act on sustainability. That is the conclusion of a new Nordic report…
Music Listening in Finland 2024: Finns already consider gig and concert ticket prices to be too high – has the ceiling been reached?
04.10.2024
In IFPI Finland’s and Teosto’s Music Listening in Finland 2024 survey, more than half of Finns stated that the main reason for not buying music event…
August
Creators’ rights organisations call for drastic cut in Finland’s private copying compensation to be reversed
05.08.2024
European and international associations of authors’ collective management organisations in the audiovisual, music, text and visual art’s sectors – CISAC,…
June
Polaris Nordic Digital Survey Points to Consumer Support for Fairness & Transparency in AI-Generated Music
27.06.2024
Polaris Hub, the alliance of Nordic collection societies KODA (Denmark), TEOSTO (Finland) and TONO (Norway), has released the results of its 2024 Polaris…
Teosto distributed more than EUR 26 million to music authors and publishers
13.06.2024
Today, on 13 June, the Finnish Composers’ Copyright Society Teosto distributed EUR 26.6 million in royalties to composers, lyricists, arrangers and music…
Teosto publishes instructions for registering music produced with the help of artificial intelligence
12.06.2024
Teosto has published new instructions concerning the registration of music produced with the help of artificial intelligence. The guidelines are based on…
May
Liisa Ketomäki appointed CEO of Teosto Cultural Foundation
28.05.2024
The recently established Teosto Cultural Foundation has appointed Liisa Ketomäki (MA, MSSc) as its CEO. Ketomäki is an international leader with considerable…
A strong 2023 for Teosto – more and more music authors and publishers receive Teosto royalties
16.05.2024
Teosto, which collects music copyright royalties for composers, lyricists, arrangers and music publishers in Finland, increased its revenue by almost 4%, from…
April
The Teosto Prize 2024 goes to the works of Minna Leinonen and Tinyhawk & Bizzarro
22.04.2024
The winners of the 2024 Teosto Prize are Minna Leinonen’s composition …and we are rotating with it and Jenni Kinnunen’s compositions and Kinnunen’s and…
Discrimination in the music industry still prevalent – discrimination based on ethnicity, age or gender is especially common
02.04.2024
Discrimination and inappropriate treatment are still prevalent in the Finnish music industry. For example, up to 61% of individuals belonging to ethnic…
March
Teosto distributes EUR 12.5 million to music authors and publishers
21.03.2024
Today, on 21 March 2024, Teosto has distributed a total of EUR 12.5 million in royalties to composers, lyricists, arrangers, and music publishers. Of this…
New ISNI Identifier creates better opportunities for international author identification
12.03.2024
A recently completed report  examines the benefits of the ISNI identifier and its potential to copyright management organisations (CMO). This unique…
February
Seven works of music nominated for the 2024 Teosto Prize
27.02.2024
The nominees for the 2024 Teosto Prize were selected from Finnish works of music published or premiered in 2023. The Teosto Prize, which was first awarded in…
Survey to Collect Information about Equality and Discrimination in the Finnish Music Industry
16.02.2024
Teosto is releasing a survey aimed at individuals working in the music industry, with the objective of assessing the state of equality and discrimination…

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