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# The Week In Music Publishing: March 9, 2012
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/this-week-in-music-publishing-march-9-2012/
- Published: 2012-03-09T12:51:51.000Z
- Updated: 2012-03-09T12:51:51.000Z
- Description: This Week's Top 5 Stories SESAC is hastening domestic/terrestrial radio performance royalty payments to monthly distributions – as opposed to the traditional quarterly model. The change will kick off in. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/03/this-week-in-music-publishing-march-9-
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### This Week's Top 5 Stories

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**SESAC** is hastening domestic/terrestrial radio **performance royalty payments to [monthly distributions](http://www.sesac.com/News/News%5FDetails.aspx?id=1669&ref=hypebot.com)** – as opposed to the traditional quarterly model. The change will kick off in the coming months, then expanding other performance platforms later this year.

- **A lingering lawsuit is slowing any potential sale of SESAC**. Hanging over any deal is an [antitrust suit](http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/lingering%5Fsuit%5Fsnagging%5Fsesac%5Fsale%5F6PKugMacSscuxgunNnlazM?ref=hypebot.com) brought by 1,000+ TV broadcasters against SESAC challenging their price-setting power.
- **ASCAP reported revenues of $985 million for 2011** – [the second best revenues in the organization's history](http://www.sys-con.com/node/2197859?ref=hypebot.com) and an increase of 5.4% from 2010\. One of the biggest jumps came from foreign royalty collection, which totaled $347 million – an increase of approximately $50 million from 2010.
- **Bill Gates's Corbis** is launching an online service designed to **ease the process for licensing major label artists** for a variety of uses. The [GreenLight Music service](https://www.hypebot.com/greenlight-music-simplifies-licensing-of-major-label-music/) features over songs from catalogs controlled by Warner Music, EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music and Sony ATV.
- Music Copyright Service of China (MCSC) has a [significant deal with Chinese TV broadcasters](http://www.cisac.org/CisacPortal/listeArticle.do?numArticle=1459&method=afficherArticleInPortlet&ref=hypebot.com) regarding performance royalty payments.

### New Deals

- Award-winning Nashville songwriter, [Luke Laird](http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/103239/luke-laird-re-signs-to-universal-music-publishing-?ref=hypebot.com), has re-signed to an exclusive, worldwide publishing agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group.
- British folk-punk songwriter [Frank Turner](http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1048727&c=1&ref=hypebot.com) has signed an exclusive music publishing agreement with BMG Chrysalis UK.
- EMI Music Publishing has signed a worldwide deal with 2010 X Factor runner-up [Rebecca Ferguson](http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1048746&c=1&ref=hypebot.com) \- expected to net [over £500,000 in songwriting royalties](http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/music/4179958/Rebecca-Ferguson-news-X-Factor-star-set-to-net-500000-in-royalties.html?ref=hypebot.com).
- Talpa Music, Dutch independent music publishing company, has invested in UK-based independent publisher [Phrased Differently](http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1048761&c=1&ref=hypebot.com).
- Turntable.fm is close to [penning agreements with Universal Music Group and Sony](Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001%5F3-57393411-261/music-service-turntable.fm-signing-major-labels/#ixzz1odXQwXMk), according to multiple sources with knowledge of the talks.

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