Once upon a time, collecting public performance income seemed easy. You chose a PRO and GO. These days options abound for optimization. Should you split your territories between US PROs and foreign? What is the cost of a time lag? What are the fees each PRO/CMO is taking in each territory? Are they collecting ALL of the money. What is going into the black box? What isn’t? What are the local tariffs for live performances oversees? How do you verify that the amounts you are receiving are indeed the right amount? This panel will dig into to the economics of public performance for masters and publishing and give you tips and tricks to optimize collections.