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

‘In country, I feel like the magic of songwriting is still very apparent and very dominant.’

MBW profiles country music writing royalty Ashley Gorley as part of our World's Greatest Songwriters series

Sony Music Publishing teams with Domain Capital to acquire career-spanning catalog from hit songwriter Ashley Gorley. (MBW’s sources put the deal at $40m.)

Gorley had three cuts featured on the standard version of the biggest album in the US last year, Morgan Wallen's Dangerous: The Double Album

Reservoir acquires rights in catalog of film score composer Henry Jackman

Deal includes rights in entire catalog, including scores for blockbuster films like the Captain America franchise, Wreck-It Ralph and Jumanji

ASCAP’s revenues grew by just $8m in 2021, and couldn’t catch BMI’s annual collections

PRO blames fall in international collections on "business closures and the lack of vaccinations" in certain non-US territories

CISAC: ‘Each individual society should decide on whether to maintain their business relationships with Russian societies.’

CISAC clarifies position on RAO

PULSE Music Group forms publishing JV with Grammy-winning songwriter Starrah

Starrah will sign and develop her own roster of artists, writers and producers

Why are hedge funds urging songwriters to sell their catalogs right now? Think about it.

Randall Wixen explains his skepticism over Big Finance's keenness to buy music rights in 2022

BMI hires Goldman Sachs to ‘explore strategic opportunities’. Could it end up selling?

Other possibilities might include expanding into sync, or even acquiring rights