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After Billboard reported that BMI may sell, ASCAP began posting on social media, highlighting its distinctions from its competitor.
In a letter to BMI CEO and president Mike O'Neill, songwriter groups ask for "real, substantive answers" about how its new business moves will affect signees.
Morgan and Miley led Sony to another win while Chapman's Purple Rabbit Music achieved a rare feat thanks to Luke Comb's smash cover.
New Mountain Capital is buying the performance rights organization, sources tell Billboard.
The Mexican band's independent label, Music VIP, is also part of the agreement.
The move reunites the songwriter-producer with Jennifer Knoepfle.
Amid a possible BMI sale, several organizations representing songwriters are asking where any profits may wind up.
The complicated process of readjusting royalties owed for the 2018-2022 will include settling over- and under-payments.
The Radio Music Licensing Committee is still awaiting the outcome of appeal, in effort to combine the processes and pit the PROs against each other.
