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Trying to submit information for your SoundExchange reports, but not sure where to go? Log in here.

Composer Pro or Basic
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/xxxx/guide.guideadmin
Substitute your call letters for the xxxx

Forgot your password?
Happens all the time. Write to us at help AT publicinteractive.com and we’ll get back to you during business hours. Usernames and passwords are case-sensitive.

If you use other services, you can also log in here:
http://www2.publicinteractive.com/affiliate/login.html

NOTES:

• Your user name and station ID are the same, both are case-sensitive and most likely lower case.
• If you have a limited access log in (Events, Composer, Platform), please go directly to the admin URL listed above.

For more details, see the SoundExchange blog.

So what’s the difference between the two, besides cost?  Composer Basic, is, well, a very basic, stripped-down version of Composer Pro. It’s used to submit your data for SoundExchange reporting only, and it doesn’t come with any display options, templates, feeds or widgets. See the side by side comparison here.

In short, with Composer Basic, you can:

• Update reporting contact and stream information.
• Upload playlist and/or streaming log files.
• Choose your reporting periods.
• Access completed SoundExchange reports.
• Enter your weekly program schedule, so we can integrate syndicated playlist information into your SoundExchange reports.
• That’s it.

Composer Pro includes all the SoundExchange reporting features listed above, plus many more. Which one is best? Well, I favor Pro of course, but I’m biased.

• Create and maintain dynamic and fully searchable program guides
• Display viewable and searchable playlists on your website

We’re pleased to announce that Composer Basic is now live for stations who are not Composer Pro clients to manage their SoundExchange reporting data. It’s been launched just in time for stations to use to deliver your Q4 reporting data (from within October 1 – December 31, 2009) which are due to us by Friday, January 15, 2010.

Composer Basic is the tool you will now use to manage your station’s contact and stream information with us for SoundExchange reporting, upload playlist and/or streaming log files, specify your chosen quarterly reporting weeks and access completed reports that we have generated and submitted to SoundExchange on your behalf. Composer Basic will also allow you to specify your weekly schedules to let us know what syndicated programming you stream, so that we can collect those playlists and integrate them into your SoundExchange reports. Composer Pro clients, rest assured, you already have access to these features.