SESAC

SESAC
Company typePrivate
Founded
  • 1930 (as the Society of European Stage Authors and Composers)
  • 1940 (current name)
Headquarters
Key people
John Josephson, Chairman and CEO
ParentThe Blackstone Group
Websitewww.sesac.com

SESAC is a for-profit performance-rights organization in the United States.[1] Founded in 1930 as the Society of European Stage Authors and Composers,[2] it is the second-oldest performance-rights organization in the United States.[3] SESAC has 30,000 songwriters and more than 1 million compositions in its catalogue.

  1. ^ Music in the Marketplace Archived 2007-06-08 at the Wayback Machine. Better Business Bureau. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
  2. ^ Dow, Cindy (29 April 2010). "Copyright issue brings an end to music at cafe". The Standard-Times. New Bedford, Massachusetts. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
  3. ^ About us. SESAC. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.