Jim Selby Elected to ASCAP Board

BMG President of Global Music Publishing Jim Selby has been elected to the ASCAP Board of Directors. ASCAP President Paul Williams announced on Thursday that Selby has joined the governing board as a publisher member. Selby was appointed to the post of President of Global Music Publishing at BMG following the completion of the merger between Concord and BMG on September 1.

ASCAP was founded in 1914 and is governed by a board made up of songwriters, composers, and music publishers. The New York-based organization represents more than 1.1 million songwriters, composers, and music publishers, and it licenses more than 20 million musical works. For the year 2025, the organization announced that it collected $1.945 billion in revenue and distributed $1.759 billion in royalties to its members.