A Peek from the Peaks of the PROs

The CEOs of ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC were all together for a Texas BBQ lunch meeting organized by the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) in which each was individually asked about a variety of topics.

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NewMusicBox Staff

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For 90 minutes the CEOs of all three United States performing rights organizations—ASCAP’s John LoFrumento, BMI’s Mike O’Neill, and SESAC’s Pat Collins—were all in the same room at the same time, at a NYC-based Texas BBQ restaurant. Well, mostly.

During a luncheon meeting on September 10 organized by the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP), each was interviewed by veteran entertainment lawyer Bob Donnelly but to avoid any possibility of collusion, whenever one CEO was talking the other two left the room. Each was asked about the U.S. Department of Justice’s current review of consent decrees for music licensing, rate court, a proposed Songwriter Equity Act, and other topics of interest to both music creators as well as music listeners. For more details, read Marc Ostrow’s report here.