Music Reports
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| Private | |
| Industry | Digital Media |
| Genre | Music |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder |
Ronald H. Gertz, Esq. Douglas J. Brainin |
| Headquarters | Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people |
Ronald H. Gertz Douglas J. Brainin Jason Walker Karyn Ulman William B. Colitre Michael Shanley Yoram Namir Kate J. Cross Cathy Nolan |
| Services |
Research Licensing and Administration Accounting SaaS Development and Hosting |
Number of employees | 120 |
| Website | www.musicreports.com |
Music Reports is a Delaware corporation that serves individuals and organizations seeking expertise and solutions in music rights licensing, administration, royalty accounting, and related SaaS development and hosting. It was founded in 1995.
History
Music Reports was established to enable local television broadcasters seeking alternatives to the rigid blanket licensing structures offered by BMI and ASCAP. Music Reports developed a "per program license" following administration service to collect and process television station schedules and revenues, and to automate report preparation and submission to the PROs. Following the signing of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in 1998, Music Reports initiated a program of copyright licensing for digital music services including through a sister company called Royalty Logic, Inc. In doing so, the company played a significant role in the development of streaming services, both interactive and non-interactive.
Overview of current services
Music Reports provides services in the following areas:
- Administration of American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Broadcast Music Incorporated and SESAC per program licenses for television broadcasters and OTT services.
- Synchronization, master and performing rights licensing for broadcasters, film and television producers, cable programming services, OTT services, and streaming music services.
- Enterprise-level licensing and royalty accounting services for digital media services, mobile device and carrier clients and content owners including via BPO and SaaS models.
- Copyright research for users of sound recordings and musical compositions.
Music Reports has compiled and maintains SONGDEX, a proprietary database of over 70 million sound recordings and related musical compositions, publishers, composers, and related payment information. Music Reports currently serves as a per program license administrator for over 450 local television stations in the United States including many owned by ABC, CBS and NBC. The company undertakes music rights clearances, licensing and accounting for digital and background music services such as Amazon, Deezer, Guvera, Microsoft, Omnifone, PlayNetwork, SiriusXM, Slacker, and SoundCloud. Music Reports provides copyright research, licensing and strategic consulting expertise to established and emerging content and technology businesses such as HSN and QVC, as well as American Greetings and other consumer products companies.
References
- Delaware Secretary of State Entity Search - Division of Corporations
- Billboard Article: Say You Want A Revolution: U.S. Copyright Office Clears Path For Digital
- Billboard Article: Pandora Teams With Music Reports in Bid for Fuller Royalty Transparency
- Billboard Article: Music Reports Launches New Tool to Begin Solving 'The Database Problem'
- Billboard Article: Future of Music Article: Will Artists Lose Royalties From Satellite Radio? August 11, 2011
- Billboard Article: Sirius XM Attempting to License Directly From Labels August 11, 2011
- Billboard Article: Music Publishers, RIAA To Continue Royalty Negotiations September 16, 2009
- Billboard Article: Court Declines To Rule On CRB July 10,2009
- Billboard Article: Federal Appeals Court Considers Motion Against CRB Judges March 19, 2009