The platform is in the process of reinstating songs by artists including Adele, Bob Dylan and Green Day after the two parties reached an agreement. By Ed Christman YouTube and SESAC have settled their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Mariah Carey, and other artists just had their music videos pulled from YouTube. But why? Well, it all ...

As performance rights organizations and former rivals ASCAP and BMI forge a partnership to create a comprehensive database of musical works from their combined repertories, one artist whose ...

"We're pleased that SESAC reconsidered our offer. We've reached a deal and content will come back up shortly. We appreciate everyone's patience during this time," a YouTube spokesperson shared in a ...

Many hit songs are missing from YouTube and YouTube Music as it negotiates a new deal with the performing rights organization SESAC. Many hit songs are missing from YouTube and YouTube Music as it ...

Songs by Adele, Bob Dylan, Green Day, R.E.M., Burna Boy, Rush and many others are currently unplayable on YouTube in the U.S. due to a legal dispute between the platform and the performing rights ...

The rate decision, which comes after an arbitration process, is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2023. By Ed Christman The arbitration process governing SESAC’s performance license rates has determined that for ...

Update, September 30, 4:30PM ET: YouTube says it has reached a deal with SESAC, and that the affected songs will be returning to the platform soon. A spokesperson sent the following comment: "We're ...

NSAI chief Bart Herbison, songwriter Roger Cook and Tennessee Republican Senator Lamar Alexander. Photo courtesy of Bart Herbison The Music Modernization Act, the most sweeping business copyright ...

NASHVILLE — In a keynote interview on the last day of the Music Business Association annual conference, SESAC CEO John Josephson easily sidestepped an early question on what he thought about the ...

U.S. music performing rights and rights management organization SESAC has been acquired by one the country's biggest private equity and investment groups, Blackstone. Financial terms of the ...