Merlin Network

Merlin Network
Company type	Non-profit
Traded as	Merlin Network
Industry	Music distribution
Founded	2007
Headquarters	London
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Darius Van Arman, Chairperson[citation needed]; Jeremy Sirota, Chief Executive;
Services	Digital music licensing
Members	Principal member labels Armada Music; Because Music/London Music Stream; Beggars Group; Better Noise Music; Cinq Music Group; Curb Records; Domino Recording Company; Entertainment One Music; Epitaph Records; Fluxus; Hopeless Records; !K7; Mad Decent; Merge Records; Mom+Pop; Mushroom Group; Naxos Records; Ninja Tune; PIAS Group; Polyvinyl; Pony Canyon; Red Bull Records; Redeye Distribution; Secretly Group; Secret City Records; Stones Throw Records; Sub Pop; Symphonic Distribution; WARP Records;
Website	merlinnetwork.org

Merlin is a digital rights music licensing partner for independent record labels, distributors, and other music rights holders around the world. It was founded in 2007 with Charles Caldas as the chief executive. In January 2020, Jeremy Sirota stepped into the role of Merlin CEO.^[2] The company is a member-based organization representing the digital licensing rights for hundreds of independent labels and distributors in nearly every country around the globe. As of 2019, Merlin has paid out over two billion dollars.^[3]^[4]

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^ "Merlin Appoints Facebook's Jeremy Sirota as CEO". Billboard. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ "No. 81: Charles Caldas | Power 100". Billboard. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ Sanchez, Daniel (19 June 2019). "Merlin Pays Out $845 Million to Labels and Distributor Members in 2018, Reaching Over $2 Billion in Payouts". Digital Music News. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

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[2] "Merlin Appoints Facebook's Jeremy Sirota as CEO". Billboard. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

[3] "No. 81: Charles Caldas | Power 100". Billboard. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

[4] Sanchez, Daniel (19 June 2019). "Merlin Pays Out $845 Million to Labels and Distributor Members in 2018, Reaching Over $2 Billion in Payouts". Digital Music News. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

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