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# ASCAP Revenues Fall 6%
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/ascap-revenues-fall-6/
- Published: 2011-03-31T12:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-03-31T12:30:00.000Z
- Description: A report just released by ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) shows a 6% drop revenue in 2010 to $935 million. Despite the decline ASCAP paid out $845. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/03/ascap-revenues-fall-6.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Songwriting & Music Publishing, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:59

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A report just released by ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) shows a 6% drop revenue in 2010 to $935 million. Despite the decline ASCAP paid out $845 million in distributions to members, a decline of just 2.1%. They blamed the fall in revenue on the slower economy and court setbacks which lowered certain royalty rates.

ASCAP said that it operates on a 13.9% expense ratio thanks to new technologies. In the statement, ASCAP claimed that "no other U.S. performing rights organization has ever reached the $800 million dollar level in distributions. In fact, during the past three years, ASCAP has distributed over $2.5 billion to its member owners."