BMI is a performing right organization: It collects license fees on behalf of its songwriters, composers and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed.
As a performing right organization, BMI issues licenses to various users of music, including television and radio stations and networks; new media, including the Internet and mobile technologies such as ringtones and ringbacks; satellite audio services like XM and Sirius; nightclubs, discos, hotels, bars, restaurants and other venues; digital jukeboxes; and live concerts. It then tracks public performances of its members' music, and collects and distributes licensing revenues for those performances as royalties to the more than 300,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers it represents, as well as the thousands of creators from around the world who have chosen BMI for representation in the U.S.
Junkmedia: daily transmissions from the world of sound.Music news, reviews and interviews for people who care.
Junkmedia is an independently owned and operated Internet daily. It is our goal to provide our readers with diverse, informed and intelligent writing on today's music. We strive to highlight music and musicians who have been overlooked by the mainstream music press, as well as provide alternative viewpoints and opinions on the "popular" artists of today. In doing so, we hope to give readers the most comprehensive coverage of the music they care about.
LOUD is a new quarterly magazine devoted entirely to youth with news just about them—not dumbed-down, repackaged information from other titles; not dull, classroom handouts for social studies.
LOUD provides reportage and insights on crucial issues facing young people as future leaders, pioneers and mavericks in their chosen fields. While we will frequently write about youth rights, entrepreneurs and activists, in every issue we'll feature news briefs from around the world, cool jobs, events, books, music, street fashion and more.