American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

AUDIO UP AND SIRIUSXM RELEASE NEW SCRIPTED PODCAST DIA DE LOS MUERTOS (IN HELL) TODAY, OCTOBER 25TH

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of their #1 scripted musical podcast, The Ballad of Uncle Drank,  Audio Up releases today the next installment of their webby-nominated 'In Hell' podcast series, which to date has spanned across Halloween, Valentine's Day and Prom season.  Titled Dia De Los Muertos (In Hell), the four episode fictional podcast (created by Audio Up founder and CEO Jared Gutstadt) releases its first two episodes just in time for Day of The Dead holiday, today, on October 25th across SiriusXM audio entertainment platforms -- including the SXM App, Pandora, and Stitcher -- and other major podcast platforms in the U.S. Marking Audio Up's first Spanish-language project, the podcast is starring the iconic Danny Trejo, chart-topping rapper Snow Tha Product, Jared Gutstadt, and newcomer Balam.  Watch the official trailer HERE.

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  • Dia De Los Muertos follows Satan (played by Trejo) in his attempt to recruit more souls into Hell.
  • The podcast will be available across SiriusXM audio entertainment platforms -- including the SXM App, Pandora, and Stitcher -- and other major podcast platforms in the U.S.
  • The song and official Dia De Los Muertos (In Hell) soundtrack will drop across all DSP's Oct 28th.
  • In 2021 Audio Up received a Clio Award for the social justice podcast Beyond28 from Golden State Warriors and Chase Bank.

AWARD-WINNING MULTIPLATINUM SINGER-SONGWRITER LEANN RIMES TO RECEIVE ASCAP GOLDEN NOTE AWARD

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Thursday, October 6, 2022

NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, will present Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, actress and author LeAnn Rimes with the ASCAP Golden Note Award in a special ASCAP Experience session broadcast @ASCAP on YouTube on October 12 at 3PM ET/ 12PM PT. With congratulatory video tributes from Reba McEntire, Diane Warren, Rob Thomas, Mickey Guyton, San Francisco Gay Men's Choir, David Gray and Aloe Blacc, the award presentation by ASCAP Chairman of the Board and President Paul Williams will segue into an exclusive conversation with Variety's Chris Willman.

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  • NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, will present Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, actress and author LeAnn Rimes with the ASCAP Golden Note Award in a special ASCAP Experience session broadcast @ASCAP on YouTube on October 12 at 3PM ET/ 12PM PT.
  • Her passion, clarity and emotion have won her fans around the world and truly set her apart as a songwriter."
  • The ASCAP Golden Note Award is presented to genre-spanning songwriters, composers and artists who have achieved extraordinary career milestones.
  • This award joins Rimes' extraordinary collection of accolades, spanning back to her early teenage years.

Hello Management taps Grammy Award-winning Jackie's Boy aka Carlos 'Los' Battey as artist development executive.

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hello Group's management division has a new face at the helm as Carlos 'Los' Battey assumes the position of Director of Artist Development.

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  • HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hello Group's management division has a new face at the helm as Carlos 'Los' Battey assumes the position of Director of Artist Development.
  • Carlos Battey, on the opportunity, says,"It is truly an honor to be a part of the Hello team.
  • Taylor Jones, CEO of The Hello Group, the parent company of Hello Management says, "Carlos is a highly skilled and world renowned music industry professional, whom we are excited to spear-head the development of our artists at Hello Management."
  • Hello Management is an established international talent management agency and the first division of The Hello Group.

MATTHEW WEST TAKES CHRISTIAN MUSIC SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR FOR 5TH TIME AT ASCAP CHRISTIAN MUSIC AWARDS

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, celebrates its 44th Annual ASCAP Christian Music Awards across all social media platforms on Wednesday, September 21. Celebrating the most performed ASCAP Christian music of the past year, the awards feature exclusive photos, performances and interviews from some of the winning songwriters and publishers posted with the hashtag #ASCAPAwards on @ASCAP Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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  • He is a five-time Grammy nominee and has seven nominations for the upcoming 2022 Dove Awards in October.
  • The debut single from singer-songwriter Anne Wilson, the song topped both the Christian Airplay and Hot Christian Songs charts and was nominated for Top Christian Song at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards.
  • As part of the ASCAP awards, West will tell the story behind "My Jesus," and perform it along with Wilson in an exclusive video.
  • The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a professional membership organization of songwriters, composers and music publishers of every kind of music.

ASCAP Citizen Campaign Returns to Encourage Music Creators and Fans to Vote in 2022 Midterm Elections

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Monday, September 19, 2022

NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) today announced the launch of the 2022 ASCAP Citizen campaign, powered by nonpartisan, nonprofit voter registration organization HeadCount, encouraging ASCAP's more than 875,000 music creator and publisher members and music fans to make sure their voices are heard in this year's midterm elections.

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  • ASCAP will also amplify "get out the vote" messages from other top ASCAP creators partnered with HeadCount including Billie Eilish, Kehlani, Meghan Trainor and The Chicks, among others.
  • ASCAP Chief Executive Officer Beth Matthewsexplained the non-partisan campaign: "ASCAP Citizen is about empowering the music creators who are shaping our culture to shape the future of our democracy as well.
  • Active participation and engagement will help protect the rights of music creators and defend the value of music."
  • "HeadCount is proud to partner with ASCAP to encourage musicians, songwriters and fans alike to get out to the polls for the midterm elections.

Martin Guitar Unveils the 000JR-10E Shawn Mendes Custom Signature Acoustic Guitar

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022

NAZARETH, Pa., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- C.F. Martin & Co. (Martin Guitar) has partnered with GRAMMY nominated, multi-platinum, singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes to bring you the 000JR-10E Shawn Mendes Custom Signature Edition.

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  • Martin & Co. (Martin Guitar) has partnered with GRAMMY nominated, multi-platinum
    singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes to bring you the 000JR-10E Shawn Mendes Custom Signature Edition.
  • - Shawn Mendes
    Inspired by Shawn's go-to vintage Martin and featuring classic Shawn imagery, every detail of this guitar was designed and created in collaboration with Mendes for his official signature model.The new guitar not only sounds amazing, but is incredibly comfortable, and best of all, it's environmentally friendly.
  • The Shawn Mendes Signature Edition marks the largest production run of 100% FSC certified guitars Martin has ever completed, and it is the first time a Martin guitar has been paired with a gig bag made from recycled ocean plastic.
  • - Shawn Mendes
    A Shawn Mendes signature guitar wouldn't be complete without some personal design details that all of Shawn's fans will appreciate.

Scrum Alliance Selects New Chief Executive Officer

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Friday, September 9, 2022

DENVER, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scrum Alliance®, one of the largest professional membership organizations in the agile community with more than 1,200,000 certificants, today announced the selection of Tristan Boutros as Chief Executive Officer. He will join the organization on September 12, 2022.

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  • DENVER, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scrum Alliance, one of the largest professional membership organizations in the agile community with more than 1,200,000 certificants, today announced the selection of Tristan Boutros as Chief Executive Officer.
  • Boutros has decades of experience in driving change and growth, most recently as the Chief Technology Officer for the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.
  • Boutros has long been an advocate for organizational transformation and connected with the mission of Scrum Alliance many years ago.
  • He holds multiple Scrum Alliance certifications, including Certified Agile Leadership and Certified Scrum Professional.

Darrin Reynolds Joins Edgio as Chief Information Security Officer

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Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Edgio, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGIO ), the globally-scaled software solutions provider powering secure seamlessly integrated delivery, applications and streaming experiences at the edge, today announced the appointment of Darrin Reynolds as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

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  • Edgio, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGIO ), the globally-scaled software solutions provider powering secure seamlessly integrated delivery, applications and streaming experiences at the edge, today announced the appointment of Darrin Reynolds as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
  • Reynolds has more than 20 years of information security experience spanning technology, healthcare, pharmaceutical, financial, manufacturing, communications, entertainment and retail industries, helping organizations realize the benefits of safeguarding and leveraging sensitive data.
  • "Im really excited to welcome Darrin to the Edgio team as our CISO.
  • Im thrilled to apply my experience running world-class security organizations to the company, and build out an exceptional security practice, said Reynolds.

Kontent.ai Raises $40m From Expedition Growth Capital to Bring Power of AI to Content Management

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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

As more and more businesses look to transform the way they deliver content, Kontent.ai is experiencing high levels of growth.

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  • As more and more businesses look to transform the way they deliver content, Kontent.ai is experiencing high levels of growth.
  • From a marketers perspective, Kontent.ai's modular content platform helps organisations unify, organise and manage all business content in a cloud-based repository.
  • Following the new investment, the company wants to bring the possibility and power of composable AI, actioned right from the content platform.
  • With Kontent.ais modular content platform, we push the boundaries of content management to give our customers the competitive edge.

Grammy-Nominated Multi-Hyphenate Music Executive Donny "Dizzy" Flores Launches Management, Consulting, and A&R Services Company We Good LLC

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Friday, July 1, 2022

LOS ANGELES, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Award-winning multi-hyphenate music industry titan Donny "Dizzy Clean Face" Flores has announced the launch of new management and A&R company We Good LLC, where he will serve as CEO. We Good represents such acts as DJ Snake, Shenseea, Rvssian, Ink & many more. Dizzy will also continue his work as a consultant to some of the biggest labels/agencies in the world including Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, RocNation, SalxCo, and others.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Award-winning multi-hyphenate music industry titan Donny "Dizzy Clean Face" Flores has announced the launch of new management and A&R company We Good LLC, where he will serve as CEO.
  • He was also awarded a 2022 ASCAP Pop Music Award and a 2022 ASCAP Rhythm and Soul Music Award for Internet Money's "Lemonade."
  • "We Good started as a movement," says We Good CEO Donny "Dizzy" Flores.
  • Started in 2022 by Donny "Dizzy" Flores, We Good LLC is the music management, A&R, and consulting company founded on the idea that waking up every day is a reason for celebrating.