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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

Events: Mountain High Music Festival: Crested Butte, CO

Events: Royalty Payment

Video: David Newman: BMI Exclusive: Composer David Newman on Making Film Music with Meaning

Events: Mountain High Music Festival: Crested Butte, CO

News: BMI Unveils Additional Lineup for 2019 Sundance Film Festival

Digital Music News

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Billboard Biz

Camila Cabello Hints at Writing New Music With Mark Ronson

Kenan Thompson Inching Closer to 'SNL' Exit

Billy Joel Announces Stadium Run Dates for 2019

iHeartRadio Podcast Awards 2019 Winners

Bob the Drag Queen Tributes Idol Carol Channing: 'You Speak to My Soul'

US Copyright Office

U.S. Copyright Office, NewsNet Issue 742

U.S. Copyright Office, NewsNet Issue 741

U.S. Copyright Office, NewsNet Issue 740

U.S. Copyright Office, NewsNet Issue 739

U.S. Copyright Office, NewsNet Issue 738

• AIMP 2019-2020 Board Elections - The biennial election of officers and board members for all chapters is now complete.  Please join us in welcoming those who are returning to serve, as well as those who are serving for the first time.  And we also thank those who ran for office but weren't elected.  We appreciate your support!  
• Member Discounts - don't forget to look for your member discounts, including a new AIMP member discount for SXSW 2019, and other discounts to ASCAP EXPO, MUSEXPO et. al, in the Member Discounts area, and if you’re not a member yet - join to get access to these!
• The AIMP reached out to its members to solicit GRAMMY Award-nominated songs and albums from the independent music publishing community. We’ve compiled the responses into this playlist, featuring tracks by Drake, Travis Scott, Bebe Rexha, Chloe x Halle, Post Malone, and more. So give it a listen and relive some of independent publishing’s most iconic hits of 2018!
• The newly-passed Music Modernization Act calls for the creation of a music licensing collective (MLC) -- and the competition is heating up over who should sit on the collective’s board.  Read more about it here.  
• More than 50,000 books, films and songs are now in the public domain.  Read more about them here.  
• ASCAP announces an eclectic music lineup for its 21st Annual Sundance ASCAP Music Café, taking place January 25 - February 1, 2019 during the renowned Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Read more about it here.  
• BMI is proud to announce its programming for this year’s Sundance Film Festival, which will include the 21st edition of the Composer/Director Roundtable “Music & Film: The Creative Process,” on Sunday, January 27, 2019, at the Kimball Arts Center, followed by the 17th annual BMI Snowball on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, at The Shop. Read more about all of their events here.  
• SESAC celebrates its GRAMMY® Award nominations, including Margo Price, Alice In Chains, Lalah Hathaway and more.  Read the full list here. 
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