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US-based PRO ASCAP has published its figures for 2022, revealing that its collections passed $1.5bn for the first time ever.

Music Ally has been covering music in the metaverse – the intersection of music with games and virtual worlds – for a long time now.

2021 was the year the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on music was expected to be felt most strongly for many songwriters, but what about collecting societies.

Ascap Lab is following up its 'seed project' challenge with an ‘Immersive Music Studio Challenge’, aimed at music/tech startups and university teams.

The publishing side of our industry has been holding its breath waiting for data on the delayed impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly on the revenues collected and distributed by collecting societies. Judging by US...

The US Justice Department has decided to leave the ‘consent decrees’ governing public performances of music unchanged, sparking an unimpressed response from publishers and collecting societies there. This is the legislation...

The more music industry entities working hands-on with startups and developers the better, as far as we're concerned. The latest example is US collecting society Ascap, whose innovation arm Ascap Lab has been running an...

Spotify has taken plenty of flak from songwriters over its history, and with its appeal against new royalty rates in the US still not settled, there’ll be more to come we’re sure. However, the streaming service will at...

US collecting society ASCAP has launched a new paid internship program for students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Five students will work for ASCAP (remotely) during July and August, with plans...

There’s more news from the MusiCares Covid-19 Relief Fund in the US, which has now secured contributions from collecting societies ASCAP, BMI and SESAC. The fund is now past the $10m mark on the back of support from all...

We reported yesterday on US collecting society ASCAP’s announcement that it was delaying its next set of distributions from 6 April to 28 April. That news is already sparking a reaction from some songwriters online, with...

US collecting society ASCAP has been explaining to its members why its next set of royalty distributions will be delayed, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Last week, president Paul Williams alerted members to the fact that...