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ASCAP Reports Record Collections, Distribution While Casting Shade on For-Profit Competitors
ASCAP reported record collections and distribution in songwriter and publisher royalties for 2023.
“We are delivering industry-leading technical innovation, legislative advocacy and revenue growth that solely benefits our members, not outside investors or shareholders,” ASCAP CEO Elizabeth Matthews said in a statement. Moreover, the organization says its song catalog now includes 19 million copyrights that consists of music from the likes of Beyoncé, Billy Joel, Cardi B, Dua Lipa, Garth Brooks, Jay-Z, Katy Perry, Lil Baby, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mariah Carey, Olivia Rodrigo, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and Usher, among others. In any event, ASCAP claims its 90 cents payouts on every dollar of collections yield “the highest value exchange applied to the lowest overhead rate provided to creators and publishers of any U.S. PRO.”
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