Now that you know what SESAC is, you’re likely wondering why it's causing music to be pulled from YouTube. What is SESAC's ...

YouTube said it reached a deal with performing rights organization SESAC on new licensing terms, which will restore music videos for artists that went dark on the video platform over the weekend.

YouTube reached a deal with performing rights organization SESAC on new licensing terms, which will restore music videos for artists that went dark on the platform over the weekend. Songs by Adele ...

In a statement to Variety, a YouTube rep said: “We have held good faith negotiations with SESAC to renew our existing deal. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, we were unable to reach an ...

Cole, Mariah Carey, and other artists just had their music videos pulled from YouTube. But why? Well, it all appears to be tied to the performing rights organization SESAC—not JAY-Z. According ...

In statements to the press and on social media, YouTube blamed the situation on failed negotiations with SESAC, a performing rights group that says it represents more than 35,000 music artists and ...

New SESAC rates for the performance licences of the 10,000 U.S. radio stations under the Radio Music License Committee umbrella have been finalized. SESAC Performance Licenses rise 10.4% through 2026 ...

Post-UMG and TikTok’s hard-fought licensing agreement, royalties and AI are still sticking points for the latest deals TikTok and Merlin fell out, YouTube and SESAC made up, and Warners and Meta ...

In order to legally stream music, YouTube needs to pay various licensing bodies in various parts of the world. The body in this particular story is SESAC, the Society of European Stage Authors and ...

SESAC’s performance license rates for the 2023-2026 period will have a blanket fee of 0.2824% of revenue, a 10.4% increase from the prior rate.

A wide variety of music has been impacted by the block, from Adele's "Rolling in the Deep," "Problem" by Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea, and Green Day's "American Idiot", to iconic tunes such as R.E.M.