CMA Awards week is as close to black-tie as Music City gets all year – and Nashville’s country music community picked a perfectly ironic song to honor on opening night. The Walker Hayes hit “Fancy ...

SESAC is a group that is supposed to support songwriters, but many say they're doing the exact opposite by proposing an amendment that could kill the Music Modernization Act. It's a complex topic: ...

PHILADELPHIA (CN) - A Nashville-based music-licensing company monopolizes the rights to tens of thousands of songs, forcing radio stations to pay "supracompetitive prices" for a blanket license, a ...

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Leading music rights organization SESAC Holdings (“SESAC” or the “Company”) announced today that private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone (NYSE:BX) have entered into an ...

YouTube reached a deal with performing rights organization SESAC on new licensing terms, which will restore music videos for artists that went dark on the platform over the weekend. Songs by Adele, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Some of country music’s biggest songs were honored Sunday night during the annual SESAC Awards at the Country Music Hall of Fame. The performing rights organization kicked ...

SESAC on Friday completed its first rate arbitration with the Radio Music Licensing Committee, with the music PRO touting its success in increasing its rate relative to its market share. Even its fees ...

Jack Harlow was named songwriter of the year for the second year in a row at the 2022 SESAC Music Awards, held at The London in West Hollywood on Wednesday (Sept. 21). It was the first in-person ...

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SESAC will soon be acquired by top private equity firm Blackstone in a deal hailed as a promising sign for the business of music licensing. Blackstone’s plans to purchase SESAC were announced without ...