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SESAC Celebrates Songwriters and Publishers at 2023 Nashville Music Awards

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Monday, November 6, 2023

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As CMA Awards week commences in Nashville, SESAC Performing Rights kicked off the celebrations, honoring songwriters and music publishers behind the year's most-performed country and Americana songs at the company's annual Nashville Music Awards held at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum.

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  • NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As CMA Awards week commences in Nashville, SESAC Performing Rights kicked off the celebrations, honoring songwriters and music publishers behind the year's most-performed country and Americana songs at the company's annual Nashville Music Awards held at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum.
  • With over 18 #1 songs to his name, Nite is one of Nashville's most prolific songwriters.
  • Sony Music Publishing took home the title of Publisher of the Year, after winning seven awards throughout the night.
  • The SESAC Heritage Award was presented in recognition of Albert E. Brumley, honoring 80 years of partnership with SESAC, and celebrating his legacy.

JACK HARLOW NAMED SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR AT 2023 SESAC MUSIC AWARDS

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SESAC celebrated songwriters and music publishers behind the most-performed songs of 2022 across a variety of genres at The Highlight Room in Hollywood last night, September 19, marking the second year the awards took place in Los Angeles.

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  • The event was attended by several top music industry executives, artists, songwriters, and publishers including Bryan-Michael Cox, Dixson, Papiyerr, Dontae Winslow, and Kenyon Dixon, among others.
  • Jack Harlow was this year's top honoree for the third consecutive year, taking home both Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year with his smash hit "First Class".
  • "We are honored to celebrate our songwriters and publishers across multiple genres," shared Sam Kling, Chief Creative Officer, SESAC Performing Rights.
  • SESAC Performing Rights is a division of SESAC Music Group , a global multi-line music company.

DOMINO Publishing Company partners with SUISA Digital Licensing in a Europe-wide deal administered by Mint

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

NEW YORK, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SUISA Digital Licensing and Domino Publishing Company have partnered with a digital licensing deal for the Domino Publishing catalogue in Europe.

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  • NEW YORK, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SUISA Digital Licensing and Domino Publishing Company have partnered with a digital licensing deal for the Domino Publishing catalogue in Europe.
  • On behalf of Domino Publishing, SUISA Digital will negotiate agreements with online service providers in the markets throughout the continent.
  • This partnership will be administered by Mint Digital Services, an alliance between Swiss authors' rights society SUISA and the American music rights organization SESAC.
  • Paul Lambden, Director, Domino Publishing Company: "Mint impressed us with their detailed knowledge, technology and infrastructure.

SESAC Partners with Five Leading Southeast Asian Collection Societies to Form Multi-Territorial Digital Licensing Hub

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

NEW YORK, July 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CEOs of five Asian collection societies and SESAC Music Group announced today a historic collaboration for the music industry in Asia with the formation of The Asian Alliance Music Rights Organization (AAMRO), a music rights hub established to manage music licensing and royalty distribution of the combined repertories of FILSCAP (Philippines), WAMI (Indonesia), MACP (Malaysia), MCT (Thailand), and VCPMC (Vietnam). This landmark initiative will be headquartered in Liechtenstein, a strategic location to oversee multi-territorial digital licensing and royalty distribution for the communication and making available of the combined repertoire throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

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  • In this transformative move, AAMRO will be supported and administered by MINT Digital Services, a joint venture of SESAC and SUISA.
  • This partnership further fortifies AAMRO's position as a cutting-edge, technology-driven organization, poised to thrive in the digital era and cater to the evolving needs of music consumers.
  • Representatives from all parties involved expressed their enthusiasm and optimism about the opportunities that AAMRO will present.
  • "As a long-time collaborator with all the Asian collection societies, I am thrilled that we are joining forces to create an organization dedicated to expanding music licensing and administration of their musical works outside the region.

LIVE365 STRIKES LICENSING DEAL WITH GLOBAL MUSIC RIGHTS (GMR) FOR DIGITAL BROADCASTERS TO STREAM CELEBRATED CATALOG

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Monday, April 17, 2023

LAS VEGAS, April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Live365, the one-stop shop for internet radio stations, today announces a deal with Global Music Rights enabling any Live365 broadcaster on a royalty-included plan to stream music across GMR's 81,000-song repertoire. The blanket license allows stations to legally play works by GMR artists — from Bad Bunny to George Harrison — without having to manage any of the mechanics of licensing or pay extra fees.

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  • The announcement was made at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas, where Live365 is exhibiting at booth W1326 in West Hall.
  • "Great music is meant to be shared," said Jason Stoddard, general manager of Live365, "and both GMR and Live365 pride ourselves on making it easier to do it.
  • GMR provides a blanket license that enables digital broadcasters and others to play some of the most celebrated songs in history.
  • Live365 is the only internet radio platform that automatically includes turnkey music licensing, so stations can focus on creating great programming instead of managing logistics like securing rights or reporting performances."

WISE MUSIC AUSTRALIA PARTNERS WITH SESAC IN DIGITAL RIGHTS DEAL FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA, ADMINISTERED BY MINT

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Liechtenstein music rights organisation SESAC Digital Licensing and Wise Music Australia (part of the Wise Music Group) have partnered with an exclusive digital licensing deal for the Wise Music catalogue in Asia (excluding Japan, South Korea and China).

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  • NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Liechtenstein music rights organisation SESAC Digital Licensing and Wise Music Australia (part of the Wise Music Group) have partnered with an exclusive digital licensing deal for the Wise Music catalogue in Asia (excluding Japan, South Korea and China).
  • This partnership will be administered by Mint Digital Services, an alliance between SESAC-US and Swiss authors' rights society SUISA.
  • Chris Butler, Director of Global Rights Development, Wise Music Group states: "These are exciting times for Wise Music.
  • Alexander Wolf, President International of SESAC and Harry Fox, says: "We are grateful that Wise Music has entrusted their fabulous catalog to SESAC Digital.

SESAC Celebrates Songwriters and Publishers at 2022 Nashville Music Awards

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Monday, November 7, 2022

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SESAC celebrated its songwriters and music publishers behind the year's most-performed country and Americana songs at the company's annual Nashville Music Awards – held in person for the first time in three years – tonight at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum.

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  • NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SESAC celebrated its songwriters and music publishers behind the year's most-performed country and Americana songs at the company's annual Nashville Music Awards held in person for the first time in three years tonight at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
  • "Buy Dirt" was recently awarded NSAI's Song of the Year honor and is nominated for the same award at the 56th Annual CMA Awards.
  • Additionally, affiliate Derek Wells received the Spirt of SESAC Award in recognition of his musical contributions playing on over 100 number one songs.
  • The song that clinched this impressive milestone, "Like I Love Country Music" recorded by Kane Brown and co-written by SESAC affiliate Matt McGinn was honored with a performance activity award at the ceremony.

JACK HARLOW NAMED SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR AT 2022 SESAC MUSIC AWARDS

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SESAC celebrated songwriters and music publishers behind this year's most-performed songs across a variety of genres at The London in West Hollywood last night, September 21, for the first in-person ceremony in several years.

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  • The event was attended by several top music industry executives, artists, songwriters, and publishers including, Jack Harlow, Robert Glasper, Bryan-Michael Cox, Dixson, and Kenyon Dixon, among others.
  • Jack Harlowwas once again this year's top honoree awarded with the title of Songwriter of the Year for the second consecutive year.
  • Bryan-Michael Coxwas awarded the SESAC Icon Award highlighting his incredible achievements in music as both songwriter and producer.
  • We are excited to be honoring Bryan-Michael Cox with the SESAC Icon Award acknowledging his lasting contributions to mainstream music.

Blackstone Establishes Corporate Private Equity West Coast Presence in San Francisco

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Thursday, August 25, 2022

Blackstone (NYSE: BX) today announced its Corporate Private Equity business is expanding its North America footprint through a new team based in San Francisco building on the firms existing strong presence in its San Francisco office across its other business units.

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  • Blackstone (NYSE: BX) today announced its Corporate Private Equity business is expanding its North America footprint through a new team based in San Francisco building on the firms existing strong presence in its San Francisco office across its other business units.
  • Sachin Bavishi, a Senior Managing Director, will relocate to San Francisco to lead and establish Blackstone Private Equitys West Coast presence, along with other existing and new team members.
  • Establishing a dedicated West Coast presence for our Private Equity business will help us to further enhance our offering for the management teams and companies we partner with.
  • Sachin Bavishi said: We are thrilled to expand our presence in San Francisco and support the regions technology community.

VNUE ANNOUNCES INITIATION OF FULL SOUNDSTR DEPLOYMENT IN KEY WEST, FL

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Thursday, July 28, 2022

NEW YORK, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VNUE, Inc. (OTC: VNUE) today announced that the company is launching an aggressive campaign to deploy its Soundstr Music Recognition Technology in every bar, restaurant and hotel in Key West, FL, and has brought on local resources to have "boots on the ground" for the rollout. 

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  • "Key West is the perfect location to start our aggressive rollout," said CEO Zach Bair.
  • "As a tourism destination, and as a city that relies on tourism, there is a plentiful amount of entertainment centered around music.
  • And for VNUE, having this large concentration of clientele makes a lot of sense in terms of installation and support."
  • Soundstr is a cloud-based platform that also includes custom designed devices, called Soundstr Pulse, which are installed in brick-and-mortar establishments.