March 20, 2014

Rate Court Sets ASCAP Fee For Pandora

IN RE PETITION OF PANDORA MEDIA, INC., No. 12 Civ. 8035 (S.D.N.Y. filed 03/18/14) [Doc. 738].

In a lengthy decision, the ASCAP rate court held that: "The headline rate for the ASCAP-Pandora license for the years 2011 through 2015 is set at 1.85% of revenue for every year of the license term. Pandora is entitled to take a deduction for any direct payments to publishers made following their partial withdrawals from ASCAP."