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SESAC

SESAC Sponsors Songwriters Seminar by Matt Bronleewe

SESAC Signs Alex Kline

SESAC Hosts Shalom Foundation Benefit

SESAC Promotes Scott Jungmichel

SESAC Sponsors GRAMMY futureNow

ASCAP

Membership Meeting Kicks Off the EXPO with a Bang

Stop By the JamHub Collaboration Station

Glen Phillips Added to EXPO Center Stage Performance

Tom Petty, fun. and Other Top Names in Music Honored at 31st Annual ASCAP Pop Music Awards

Onsite Registration and Single Day Passes Available Throughout the ASCAP EXPO

BMI

Events: BMI & Naked Monkey Write On Miami: Miami, FL

Events: BMI 101 Workshop: New York - CANCELED

Events: Nashville Film Festival: Nashville

Events: 2014 Tribeca Film Festival: New York

Events: Billboard Latin Music Conference and Awards: Miami, FL

Digital Music News

iTunes Has 800 Million Accounts…. and 800 Million Credit Card Numbers…

After $20,000 Is Raised, Spotify Rips Down the ‘Sleepify’ Album…

Executive Shuffles: Vernon Slaughter, AudioLock, Demolition Music Publishing…

Beatswitch Raises $345,000 for a Concert and Festival Management Platform…

See How Soundrop Helped Raise Demi Lovato’s Spotify Streams…

Billboard Biz

Breathe Carolina Leads Debut Parade On Dance Albums Chart

One Direction's 'You & I' Video Returns Group to Top 10 on Social 50

Kevin Sharp Remembered By Fellow Country Artists Wayne Warner, Jimmy Fortune

Needtobreathe No. 1 On Rock Albums, Fitz And The Tantrums Top Alternative Songs

Neon Trees Singer Gets Support From Mormon Community After Coming Out As Gay

US Copyright Office

Jacqueline C. Charlesworth Appointed General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights

Copyright Matters Program to Take Place July 29, 2013: Copyright Conversations with the United Kingdom

Save the Date: Copyright Matters Program on Monday, July 29, 2013

• The AIMP was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Gary Haber.  Gary was the founding treasuer of our organization as well as a lifetime supporter.  He will be missed.  In lieu of flowers, the family gratefully requests that memorial donations be sent to ACM Lifting Lives and the TJ Martell Foundation.
   
  ACM Lifting Lives
  5500 Balboa Blvd.
  Encino, CA. 91316
   
  TJ Martell Foundation
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• View Webcasts of Panels – One of the many benefits of membership is our archive of past panels.  If you missed the NY February panel on Reviewing Your Royalty Statements, or the March panel with David Israelite of the NMPA, members can view the full videocasts here, or the LA March panel on The Brave New World Of The Mini-Major Publisher here (both video and audio), as well as all other archived panels from all 3 chapters.  All are welcome to view a sampling of video clips here.
  
• Tweets About Music To Get Their Own Billboard Chart - The two companies recently announced a plan to create the Billboard Twitter Real-Time Charts: continuously updated lists of the songs being discussed and shared the most on Twitter in the United States.
  
• Digital Age Brings Challenges & Opportunities For Songwriters - Despite negative headlines and court battles, it’s not all doom and gloom for songwriters in the digital world. At least, that was one takeaway from a recent panel discussion sponsored by the Music Business Association on opportunities and challenges songwriters face in the digital age.
• Paul Williams named VP Communications at Sony/ATV -  Music Week head of business analysis Paul Williams is to join Sony/ATV Music Publishing as its new VP of Communications. 
  
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