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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 . contents 1 history 2 overview of current services 3 references 4 external links history edit 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 edit 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 edit delaware secretary of state entity search division of corporations billboard biz article future of music article will artists lose royalties from satellite radio august 11 2011 billboard biz article sirius xm attempting to license directly from labels august 11 2011 billboard biz article music publishers riaa to continue royalty negotiations september 16 2009 billboard biz article court declines to rule on crb july 10 2009 billboard biz article federal appeals court considers motion against crb judges judges march 19 2009 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title music reports & oldid 708333555 categories digital audiomusic publishinghidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2009all articles needing additional referencesarticles with topics of unclear notability from december 2009all articles with topics of unclear notabilityofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation 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