On January 22, 2016, the Copyright Royalty Board published SoundExchange’s notices of intent to audit broadcasters — including Beasley Broadcast Group Inc., Greater Media Inc., Saga Communications Inc., Townsquare MediaBroadcasting, and Univision Communications Inc. — and commercial webcasters — including Pandora Media Inc., Batanga, DMX, and Muzak Inc. — for payments each made to SoundExchange pursuant to certain statutory licenses.

SoundExchange is the government-sanctioned organization charged with (1) collecting royalty payments for digital transmission of copyrighted sound recordings by services such as the broadcasters and commercial webcasters named above and (2) distributing those royalties to the copyright owners.