Performing Rights Organizations

Here’s a great article from this Sunday’s NY Times Magazine about the performing rights organization, BMI.  The author, John Bowe, follows a BMI licensing executive around as she collects money from restaurants, bars, and skating rinks.  Very interesting article on how BMI has managed to maintain steady growth as the music labels have plummeted rapidly:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/magazine/08music-t.html