Established in 1930, SESAC stands out as innovative among the nation’s performing rights organizations (PROs), which collect royalties from radio and television stations, among other outlets, and distribute them to songwriters. In a textbook example of how to grow a business, SESAC was started as a niche operation, focused on European publishers in the classical […]
The music industry has enjoyed a revenue surge, but artists are making half what they did in 2000, attorney Jay Cooper pointed out in the “best of times, worst of times” opener to his SESAC Visionary Award acceptance speech. Cooper — who helped found Greenberg Traurig’s West Coast entertainment practice and has an enviable portfolio […]
Trolls composer Christophe Beck took home top honors in the film music category at the annual SESAC Film & Television Composers’ Awards, which was highlighted by a moving speech by music attorney Jay Cooper, a partner of Greenberg Traurig, who received the performing rights organization’s Visionary Award. The annual awards gala, held at the Casa […]
The industry’s most musical attorney, jazzman Jay L. Cooper, will receive the SESAC Visionary Award at the music rights organization’s annual dinner gala this evening in Santa Monica. For more than five decades, Jay Cooper has been recognized as one of the best entertainment lawyers in America, and it is simply an honor to present […]
