"Russian Media Group" introduced AI for transparent and accurate payments of fees to authors

2026: AI implementation for transparent and accurate royalty payments to authors

"Russian Media Group" introduced AI for transparent and accurate payments of fees to authors. The company announced this on February 24, 2026.

The Russian Media Group has introduced a fully automated reporting system to the Russian Author's Society (RAO). The solution based on the SonicScout PRO service analyzes music, speech and broadcast design using artificial intelligence in real time, excluding the risks of errors. The system ensures accurate accounting of works and transparency of calculations so that each author receives the due remuneration.

For the holding, honest and mutually beneficial cooperation with the authors is a priority, "said Dmitry Mednikov, Managing Director of the Russian Media Group. - In recent years, the Russian Media Group has been systematically implementing a digitalization strategy. The development of broadcasting stations in the network, audience analytics using artificial intelligence, the use of AI to create content are steps that turn traditional media into modern multi-format media. The introduction of SonicScout PRO is a logical continuation of this policy. This is a great opportunity to significantly optimize processes in the field of intellectual property protection, to which RMG has always been extremely sensitive. Together with our strategic partner - the Russian Author's Society - we make the music industry more technological and transparent.

Service integration with RMG systems is carried out in cooperation with RW. The joint work is aimed at improving the efficiency and quality of reporting, as well as on the formation of uniform standards of interaction between media companies and copyright holders. {{quote 'This partnership is an important stage in the development of relations between the Russian media industry and the field of intellectual property, "said Alexey Karelov, executive director of the Russian Authors Society. - Historically, Russia has been the legislator and pioneer of many processes in the field of digital transformation of the sphere of intellectual property. And RMG is also at the forefront of these processes. It is gratifying to realize that it was the Russian media holding that first presented the world with a unique experience of complete digitalization of relations with copyright holders. }}

Alexey Karelov also noted the technological capabilities of SonicScout PRO. According to him, the AI solution, developed with the participation of key Russian organizations for collective rights management - RAO, WIPO and RSP - specifically for the media industry and working with more than 205 million digital prints, allows you to analyze large arrays of audio information, forming reports in a simple and understandable form.

RMG and RAO are confident that the service will help not only fulfill reporting requirements, but also increase the effectiveness of management decisions based on objective and transparent data.