Category: Music Publishing
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Prince Partners with Independent Publishing Company
The Industry Dot Biz: Music legend, icon, and innovator Prince has been making some major moves as of late in regard to his music. Australian and New Zealand based publishing company, Native Tongue announced an exclusive partnership with NPG Music Publishing covering Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea.Established by music icon Prince, the…
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Michael Simon on CEO Life and Music Rights
It’s not everyday you get the opportunity to talk to a CEO of any company but we had the chance to pick the brain of the Harry Fox Agency CEO/President, Michael Simon. If you don’t know, now you know, HFA is the nation’s leading provider of rights management, licensing and royalty services for the music…
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ASCAP and Sterling Healthworks Partner to Help Members Benefit from Healthcare Reform
The Industry Dot Biz: We all know that artists are some of the most uninsured people in the country so this partnership between ASCAP and Sterling Healthworks is pretty dope in my opinion.The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and Sterling Healthworks (a division of Sterling Risk and partner with MusicPro Insurance) today…
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Yoko Ono Appoints Epic Rights Global Licensing Agent For John Lennon
Yoko Ono has entered into a contract for global branding, licensing and rights management with Epic Rights as Global Licensing Agent to develop an innovative global branding and licensing initiative encompassing the career of John Lennon. The announcement was made today by Yoko Ono and Epic Rights CEO Dell Furano.Epic Rights will develop two new…
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Sony/ATV Music Publishing Takes Home Top Honor at 2020 BMI R&B/Hip Hop Awards
Sony/ATV Music Publishing announced it has won Publir of the Year at the 2020 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards, which were held virtually this year. The BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards celebrate the top publirs and songwriters of the past year’s best performing R&B/Hip-Hop songs throughout the United States. The company and its songwriters earned this prestigious honor for…
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Warner/Chappell Music Signs Publishing Agreement to Handle the Charles Strouse Catalogue
Warner/Chappell Music, the global music publishing arm of Warner Music Group, announced that it has signed a worldwide Publishing agreement with Strouse IP, the company that oversees the works of American composer Charles Strouse. Under the agreement, Warner/Chappell will administer Strouse’s entire body of work.Strouse is the Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning composer of the…
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John Lennon Songwriting Contest Updates
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New Rules: Prince Latest Iconic Artist to Do It His Way
I’m loving this era of the music industry because it allows artists to do what we want. Of course the downside of it is that everybody thinks they can rap, sing, etc. and put out absolute garbage but the upside is that artists like Prince have even embraced this new culture. The music industry’s new…
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Ole Digital Inks Major Online Music Publishing Deal
ole Digital, the online rights management service from ole that ensures rightsholders receive every penny they have earned from plays on digital platforms such as YouTube, has signed a new deal with Moraine Music Group, which owns the rights to compositions by Canadian country music star and 2014 CCMA Award nominee Johnny Reid. […]
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The Eleven Seven Music Group And BMG Announce Administration Agreement
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STIM And Kobalt Partnership (Kobalt Stim Aggregated Rights AB) Concludes Major Music Licenses
In less than a year Kobalt STIM Aggregated Rights AB, the partnership between Kobalt Music Group (Kobalt) and STIM, has concluded agreements with all major music companies including iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, Google, Amazon, Napster and Vevo.In March 2013 STIM and Kobalt launched a new one-stop European licensing solution for multi-territorial digital music service providers. […]
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The Dream Extends Publishing Deal
The Industry Dot Biz: If you don’t know, now you know that Warner/Chappell Music, the global music publishing arm of Warner Music Group Corp., announced that it has extended its worldwide publishing agreement with songwriter, producer and recording artist Terius Nash AKA The-Dream. The Dream is renowned for composing such chart-topping hits as Rihanna’s “Umbrella,”…
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Warner Music Group To Acquire Gold Typhoon’s Legendary Recorded Music Catalog And Artist Roster
Warner Music Group announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the legendary recorded music catalog and current roster of recording artists of Gold Typhoon Group, one of the most successful independent music companies operating in the Greater China Region. The deal is due to close in summer 2014.The Gold Typhoon catalog is one…
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Reach Music, Boardwalk Publishing JV
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Sam Riback Named Atlantic SVP/Head Of West Coast A&R
The Industry Dot Biz: Sam Riback has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Head of West Coast A&R for Atlantic Records. The announcement was made by Atlantic Chairman & CEO Craig Kallman and Chairman & COO Julie Greenwald. Riback, who joined Atlantic in 2002, relocated from New York City to the company’s BBlackk office…
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ole Adds $135-Million for Acquisitions
Ole, one of the world’s foremost rights management companies, has concluded a syndicated financing with 7 U.S. banks to add $135-million in debt capital to ole’s capital structure. In its 9th year of operation, ole has made $275-million of equity investments across various classes of intellectual property assets.The Joint-Lead Arrangers of the facility were Atlanta-based,…
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SESAC Promotes Teresa Pitt-Sholar
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Universal Music Publishing Group Signs Global Publishing Deal With INXS
Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has signed a global publishing agreement with INXS members Andrew Farriss (keyboards and guitar), Jon Farriss (drums), Kirk Pengilly (guitar, saxophone), Tim Farriss (guitar) and Garry Gary Beers (bass) for the core INXS catalog of music, as announced today by Zach Horowitz, Chairman and CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG).…
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Aimee Mayo Signs Worldwide Publishing Agreement With Warner/Chappell Music
Warner/Chappell Music (WCM), the music publishing arm of Warner Music Group, announced that it has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with chart-topping songwriter and former bmi Songwriter of the Year Aimee Mayo.”Warner/Chappell already feels like home,” said Mayo. “To me, energy is everything, and I am beyond excited to be surrounded by such an innovative…
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EDM Publishing Deal Reached
The young label dGenerate Records has secured the rights to an extensive catalog of electronic dance music in a deal signed with Amsterdam-based Dstorted Media, a collective of European EDM artists, dGenerate Records announced today.Under terms of the agreement, dGenerate will administer all of Dstorted Media’s catalog, which includes music from multiple artists around the…