American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) In The News

‘I’m not going to get embarrassed or feel awkward if someone begins weeping when they start talking about a story that becomes a song. If they start to cry, I don’t try to stop that.’

Dan Wilson, co-writer of Someone Like You and many other award-winning songs over the last 20 years, reflects on his time as an artist, why he's happier behind the scenes and never ruling out the waltz option

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New US bill could make developers disclose their use of copyrighted music to train generative AI models

All uses of copyrighted materials would have to be registered with the Register of Copyrights under the proposed Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act

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Symphonic Distribution to host third annual women empowerment mentorship program with mentors from Amazon Music and Meta

The program has so far connected 165 mentors with 340 mentees around the world

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ASCAP doubles down on non-profit model after paying out record $1.59bn to songwriters and publishers in 2023

Over 960,000 members contribute to ASCAP's musical catalog, which includes artists like Beyoncé, Billy Joel, Cardi B, and more

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TikTok: UMG’s catalog, including publishing, only makes up ‘approximately 30% of popular music on our platform’

It's a surprising claim from the ByteDance company...

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Catch Point is offering upfront cash payments to acquire songwriters’ PRO income streams

Catch Point has previously acquired interests in thousands of sound recordings publishing rights since it launched in 2020

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78% of small-to-midsize businesses in the US currently misuse personal streaming accounts to play music to their customers. It’s costing the music industry $1.38 billion per year.

Ola Sars highlights an important opportunity in publicly-played music for rightsholders

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Rimas Publishing strikes partnership with music business management software provider Reprtoir

Reprtoir's AI-powered platform helps music publishers streamline operations, manage catalogs, and optimize royalty accounting