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SESAC

SESAC Announces SESAC Scores: The Beck Diversity Project

SESAC Honors Music Composers and Publishers at Annual Event

SESAC Celebrates 2018 BET Awards Nominees

SESAC Latina Celebrated Its 2018 Honorees at the Historic Beverly Hills Hotel Last Night

SESAC Congratulates MercyMe on their Billboard Music Award

ASCAP

Their First Broadway Experience!

BMI

News: Island Hopper 2019 Kicks Off on Captiva Island

Events: BMI presents…“8 off 8th”: Nashville, TN

Events: Song Arts Academy Songwriters Workshop Intensive: New York

News: BMI Mourns the Loss of Classical Composer Christopher Rouse

Events: The Island Hopper Songwriter Fest: Fort Myers, FL

Digital Music News

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Billboard Biz

'The Voice' Recap: New Season Kicks Off With Gwen Stefani Replacing Adam Levine

Miranda Lambert Debuts New Song & 4 More Things We Learned About 'Wildcard' at Her Nashville Concert

Lizzo Teams up With K-Pop Boy Band AB6IX on 'Truth Hurts' Remix: Listen

Autistic 'The Voice' Contestant Inspires John Legend to Duet on 'Ordinary People': Watch

B.B. King's 'Lucille' Guitar Sells For $280,000 at Auction

US Copyright Office

U.S. Copyright Office, Subscriber Notice

U.S. Copyright Office, NewsNet Issue 777

U.S. Copyright Office, NewsNet Issue 776

U.S. Copyright Office, NewsNet Issue 775

U.S. Copyright Office, NewsNet Issue 774

• AIMP Member Benefits – We have two new Member Discounts for you; one for the Guild Of Music Supervisors State Of Music In Media Conference and the other for the MONDO.NYC Business Summit & Music Festival.  Another benefit of membership is our archive of past panels, which go back to 2006!
• Meet Nashville chapter featured member Mike Molinar/Big Machine Music.  "Mike continues to have a huge impact not only on the independent publishing community in Nashville, but also on a global scale.  Mike’s work on the AIMP Nashville Board, the NMPA Board, and the MLC Board is truly affecting positive change for both songwriters and publishers around the world.  We’re proud to have him as a part of the AIMP and are honored to recognize his brilliant work."  John Ozier/NA Chapter President
• AIMP's NY Chapter will present the prestigious 2019 New York Chapter Indie Award to independent music publisher Atlas Music Publishing, its CEO/Founder Richard Stumpf, and its COO/Partner Phil Cialdella.  The presentation will take place at the Chapter’s annual Holiday Party, which will be held December 4 at 5:30 PM at the National Arts Club in New York City.
• ASCAP - Country Icon Randy Travis will be honored with the prestigious ASCAP Founders Award at this year's ASCAP Country Music Awards.  Read more about it here.  
• BMI sets revenue records.  The company distributed $1.196 Billion to its Songwriters, Composers & Publishers, up $78 million over the previous year.  Read more about it here.  
• SESAC celebrates its CMA Award nominations.  This year’s awards, hosted by Carrie Underwood with special guest hosts Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton, will broadcast live on ABC on Wednesday, November 13 from Nashville.  Click here to read more and see the full list of nominees.  
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