Barry Massarsky has been monitoring, advising and strategizing for the music industry since 1981. Upon graduation from Cornell University with an MBA, he became the Senior Economist for ASCAP. In 1992, he formed a unique economic consulting firm whose long term clients include RIAA and SoundExchange in Washington, Warner Chappell, Universal Music Publishing Group, Universal Publishing Production Music and APM in Los Angeles, EMI, BMG, SONY/ATV and Spirit Music Group in New York and SESAC in Nashville. His firm provides strategic insights into performance royalty income and synchronization licensing for the publishing community as well as operating the leading valuation team for profiling catalog deal transactions. His partner, Ms. Nari Matsuura, is also a graduate of Cornell’s MBA program. His Senior Economist, Elon Altman, studied managerial economics at Cornell.

President & CEO of National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) Founded in 1917, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) is the trade association representing American music publishers and their songwriting partners. The NMPA’s mandate is to protect and advance the interests of music publishers and songwriters in matters relating to the domestic and global protection of […]

The Copyright Society of The South in conjunction with leadership Music invites you to a special program on Wednesday, November 19th, 2014.  

A look at the division of income among writers, publishers, labels and artists at Spotify, Pandora and SiriusXM, plus current legislative updates.