The music publishers have adopted "a more flexible distribution schedule" due to the coronavirus pandemic Music publishers ASCAP have responded to claims that they have no funds remaining to distribute to their artists due to the coronavirus crisis.
On Friday (April 2), the company’s chairman Paul Williams issued a statement in which he warned of “disruption” to the rollout of payments.
He explained that ASCAP “had to carefully review [their] cash forecasts and plan for more disruption to our revenue collections and member distributions.” CEO Elizabeth Matthews shared a follow-up statement yesterday (April 5), which was subsequently shared by podcast producer and The Dream host Jane Marie on Twitter. “So ASCAP just sent out an email