Spoken Giants Responds to MLC s $424 Million Dollar Day; Signs Don Rickles Estate and Mike Birbiglia
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Don Rickles estate and comedian
Mike Birbiglia are among the latest to sign with the first royalty administration company for creators of spoken word copyrights (comedians, podcasters, authors of speeches/lectures). They join hundreds of other creators and over 40K comedy tracks represented by Spoken Giants, which launched last October with a roster that includes
Lewis Black,
Ralphie May,
Also today,
Mr. King responded to The Mechanical Licensing Collective s (MLC) announcement that $424 million in unmatched royalties have been collected from Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Google and other streaming platforms, to be distributed to music creators. The news has positive implications for spoken word creators who, prior to the formation of Spoken Giants, were without collective representation. He states: