- The publisher’s share represents the portion of royalties allocated to the entity responsible for promoting, marketing, and managing the song’s rights. This could be a traditional publisher, a publishing administrator, or the songwriter if they self-publish.
- Unlike the writer’s share, the publisher’s share can also include mechanical royalties (e.g., from physical sales or streaming) and is collected by publishers or publishing entities.
- If a songwriter has no publishing deal, they inherently own both the writer’s and publisher’s shares.
Publisher’s Share

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