# 2025-00623: Music Royalty Police Coming for iHeartMedia's Streaming Payments

2025-00623, Notice of Intent To Audit, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-14, effective On December 20, 2024, SoundExchange filed notices of intent to audit the statements of account submitted by Beasley Mezzanine Holdings, LLC; Family Stations, Inc.; Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.; iHeartMedia; and Midwest Communications, Inc. for the years 2021, 2022, and 2023. The Federal Register notice was published January 14, 2025. (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00623
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00623
- Title: Notice of Intent To Audit
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-14
- Effective: On December 20, 2024, SoundExchange filed notices of intent to audit the statements of account submitted by Beasley Mezzanine Holdings, LLC; Family Stations, Inc.; Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.; iHeartMedia; and Midwest Communications, Inc. for the years 2021, 2022, and 2023. The Federal Register notice was published January 14, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Music Royalty Police Coming for iHeartMedia's Streaming Payments

## Summary

SoundExchange is planning to audit five webcasters—four commercial and one noncommercial—to check if their royalty payments for 2021-2023 are correct. This means these companies need to get ready for a close look at their records, which could affect how much they owe or get back. The audits kick off soon, so everyone involved should stay sharp and on schedule!

## Abstract

The Copyright Royalty Judges announce receipt from SoundExchange, Inc., of notices of intent to audit the 2021, 2022, and 2023 statements of account submitted by commercial webcasters Beasley Mezzanine Holdings, LLC, Hubbard Broadcasting Inc., iHeartMedia, and Midwest Communications, Inc. and non-commercial webcaster Family Stations, Inc. concerning royalty payments they made pursuant to two statutory licenses.

## Effects PRIA read

- Five Webcasters Face Royalty Audits: mixed, medium. SoundExchange filed notices on December 20, 2024 to audit Beasley Mezzanine Holdings, LLC; Family Stations, Inc.; Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.; iHeartMedia; and Midwest Communications, Inc. for their royalty statements covering the calendar years 2021, 2022, and 2023. Those named licensees must prepa…

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## Sources
- [2025-00623 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/14/2025-00623/notice-of-intent-to-audit)
- [2025-00623 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-14/pdf/2025-00623.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00623 (as of 2026-06-08).