"Shane was paid all of the money he was owed after he left ASCAP and went to GMR," Williams said. "Despite his repeated requests for information related to his distributions, ASCAP never once explained to him, nor could they point to any of their governing documents that justified his treatment," Azoff said in a media release.ĪSCAP President and Chairman Paul Williams said the member-elected board cares "deeply for all our songwriters and we act for the greatest good of all concerned, whether hugely successful or just starting out." 1 on the country radio charts, he was no longer paid the same premiums that his co-writers for the same songs received. That meant ASCAP continued to collect the royalties owed to McAnally for eight chart-topping songs even though he had a new agreement with GMR, which was founded by music industry icon Irving Azoff.īut, even though McAnally’s songs reached No.
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Under the terms of its agreement, ASCAP continues to license songs even after a songwriter leaves, until its licensing contract with radio stations expires. The nonprofit organization touts the premiums as an incentive to retain top songwriters like McAnally. In simple terms, ASCAP pays out premiums - in addition to royalty payments - to hit songs that receive the most licensing revenue. More: Shane McAnally's SMACK buys former Jim Owens Entertainment HQ More: Sony re-launches Monument Records with McAnally, Owen at the helm
But after McAnally left, ASCAP stopped paying him premiums for his top performing songs. McAnally decided to leave ASCAP and have Global Music Rights license his songs in 2013. Hit-making country songwriter Shane McAnally is taking to arbitration his dispute with ASCAP over approximately $1.3 million that he says the performance rights organization owes him.
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