royalties
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Already at that time, she added, she didn’t “have to work” thanks to a steady stream of songwriting royalties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Global sales of the song topped 20 million, earning Parton more than $10m in royalties, according to business magazine Forbes.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
After Whitney Houston scored a massive hit with “I Will Always Love You” in the early 1990s, she invested some of her royalties from the song in a Black neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
In May 2024, a judge ruled that Cher was owed more than $418,000 in unpaid royalties, according to People magazine—however, that did not bring an end to the legal dispute.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Murray would not withhold royalties as his first publisher had, and he would not make Charles pay him to have his books published, as some other publishers did.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
