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December
Teosto’s Extraordinary General Meeting decided to establish a new cultural foundation
15.12.2023
Teosto’s Extraordinary General Meeting has decided to establish a new foundation to support Finnish creative musical art. The foundation aims to improve the…
October
Music Listening in Finland 2023: Finns are aware of the expansion of artificial intelligence to the music industry, but their sympathies are with the artists and music authors
18.10.2023
According to Teosto and IFPI Finland’s Music Listening in Finland 2023 survey, Finns had a fairly negative view of technology trends entering music, but…
Strong growth in royalties collected by Teosto from the international markets
11.10.2023
The development of international operations will continue under the leadership of Chief Customer Experience Officer Miia Engberg.
Music Listening in Finland 2023: Finns have become chart pop fans, pop schlager has seen a huge rise in popularity over the past 10 years
11.10.2023
According to Teosto and IFPI Finland’s Music Listening in Finland 2023 survey, Finns have broadened their music taste and become fans of pop music over the…
Music Listening in Finland 2023: listening to music with earphones or headphones is increasing, sense of community is being sought from music events
10.10.2023
According to Teosto and IFPI Finland’s Music Listening in Finland 2023 survey, music is at least somewhat important to 89% of Finns. More than one thousand…
A third of music authors are already using AI – and they want to hold on to their rights
03.10.2023
Artificial intelligence is also rapidly gaining ground in the Finnish music industry. According to a survey conducted by Teosto, about a third of experts in…
September
Teosto distributes more than EUR 15 million to music authors and publishers              
14.09.2023
Today, 14 September, Teosto has paid a total of EUR 15 million to composers, lyricists, arrangers and music publishers. Of the total, EUR 6.1 million was paid…
Teosto’s Code of Conduct is the backbone of our operations
08.09.2023
The Finnish Composers’ Copyright Society Teosto has published a Code of Conduct that acts as a guideline for Teosto’s work and procedures. The Code of…
June
Teosto distributes more than EUR 27 million to music authors and publishers
08.06.2023
Teosto has made its June distribution to composers, lyricists, arrangers and music publishers today, on 8 June 2023. Music use looks to have returned to a good…
May
The event-filled summer and online music use significantly increased the amount of royalties – Teosto achieved a record result in 2022
19.05.2023
Teosto, which collects royalties for composers, lyricists, arrangers and music publishers, achieved a record result in 2022. This information is included in…
April
Teosto Prize awarded to Mikko Sarvanne’s, Draama-Helmi’s and Sanna Ahvenjärvi and Tapio Lappalainen’s works
28.04.2023
The winners of the 2023 Teosto Prize are Mikko Sarvanne’s compositions on Mikko Sarvanne Garden’s album Heräämisen valkea myrsky, Helmi Kajaste and her…
March
Teosto distributes more than EUR 11 million to music authors and publishers
23.03.2023
Today, 23 March, Teosto has paid a total of EUR 11.3 million in royalties to composers, lyricists, arrangers and music publishers. Of the total, EUR 5.4…
Survey: Female and male music authors have a completely different idea of equality in the industry 
08.03.2023
According to a recent Finnish survey, 70% of female lyricists and composers feel that the music industry is unequal, whereas the corresponding figure for men…
February
Artificial intelligence, creating music, and copyrights – how will AI change the music industry?
21.02.2023
We don’t have to go that far back in time when the combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and creating music was the pursuit of the initiated. Now,…
Six works of music nominated for the 2023 Teosto Prize
15.02.2023
The nominees for the 2023 Teosto Prize were selected from Finnish works of music published in 2022. The Teosto Prize, which was first awarded in 2003 and is…

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