ASCAP, the only remaining not-for-profit performing rights organization in the U.S., announced that its 2022 annual revenue surpassed $1.5 billion for the first time, which fueled record royalty ...

After three years of negotiations that almost led them to court, songwriters’ org ASCAP has reached a nine-year deal with the radio biz worth a record $1.7 billion in royalties. Retroactive to 2001, ...

NEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court in Manhattan rejected appeals by a music licensing group and music publishers that could have forced Internet radio service Pandora Media Inc to pay ...

ASCAP, the only performing rights organization in the U.S. to operate on a not-for-profit basis, delivered a record-breaking $1.835 billion in revenue in the 2024 calendar year, an increase of $98 ...

In a statement, a Pandora spokesperson said the company is filing suit because ASCAP is trying to charge the Internet radio service higher licensing fees than other types of radio services. “ASCAP ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the business and law of music. Some songwriters, like Dave Grohl, are switching from America’s big song licensing ...

A leading nationwide representative of working songwriters and musicians has filed a lawsuit against the Northampton-based Iron Horse Entertainment Group, claiming the company’s Calvin Theatre owes ...

ASCAP has reported record revenues of $785 million for 2006, royalty payments to members of $680 million, and an all-time low operating expense ratio of 12.0%, the performing rights organization ...

Great is ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers). To ASCAP belong about 1,450 composers and writers and about 130 music publishing houses in the U. S. ASCAP holds the ...

ASCAP has filed 29 copyright infringement lawsuits against nightclubs, bars and restaurants in 22 states and D.C. The defendants have publicly performed the songs of the performing rights organization ...