Music Publishers Association
A trade association of music publishers built on education and advocacy that guides members and educators through copyright, recognizes excellence in printed music, and builds community across the field.
Peer societies
Five societies Music Publishers Association is read alongside.
ASCAP
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
A member owned performing rights organization representing songwriters, composers, and music publishers…
1 companies named
AAIM
American Association of Independent Music
The trade association of the independent music sector, banding labels, artists and service partners together…
47 companies named
AAP
Association of American Publishers
The collective policy voice of America's leading book, journal, and education publishers, defending copyright…
APA
Audio Publishers Association
The trade home of the audiobook, advancing a young medium through its Audie Awards, its research, and a…
26 companies named
NAMM
National Association of Music Merchants
A global community of music-product makers and sellers gathered around a shared belief in music making, best…
12 companies named
Who backs MPA
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
Who backs Music Publishers Association's peers, but not Music Publishers Association
Companies named publicly by at least one of Music Publishers Association's five peer societies, and not found in Music Publishers Association's reviewed public records.
The outside view
A trade association of music publishers built on education and advocacy that guides members and educators through copyright, recognizes excellence in printed music, and builds community across the field.
- Consensus
- Preserve
- Inward
- Operational
Their shape
The Guild
Where mastery is the price of belonging.
The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.
Also reads toward The Movement and The Citadel.
Strengths
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