Hotshot Canadian indie music publisher and production house Ole has named Helen Murphy its new chief executive officer. She succeeds founder Robert Ott, who will continue to serve as an advisor to Murphy and the Ole Board of Directors. In May, Ott effectively cashed out, selling his equity to equity partner the Ontario Teacher’s Pension […]
Performing rights organization BMI has announced it will open an office in Austin, it’s first inTexas. The new office, expected to open in early 2019, will allow BMI to work directly with the talented songwriters, composers, publishers and emerging songwriter/artists in the thriving Austin music community and help enhance their ability to earn a living by […]
Sony/ATV and SOLAR have extended their pan-European digital licence administration agreement. The deal will see SOLAR will continue to provide administration services in connection with licences that cover the exploitation of the combined Anglo-American catalogs of Sony/ATV and EMI Music Publishing for digital services across Europe and other territories. SOLAR is a jointly-owned subsidiary of […]
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has extended its worldwide deal with songwriter and artist Luis Fonsi whose hit “Despacito” is the most-streamed song of all time. The new agreement with Fonsi, who first signed to Sony/ATV in 2005, includes the record-breaking global No. 1 hit and a number of other chart-toppers, including Latin Grammy Song of the […]
Sony is acquiring another 60 percent of EMI Music Publishing, bringing its total holding to 90 percent of the song giant. The deal, valued at around $2 billion, sees Sony gaining additional rights to EMI’s two million songs from artists ranging from Queen to Pink, Pharrell Williams and Carole King to drive revenue through Sony/ATV […]
Film and television score composer Germaine Franco will receive the prestigious ASCAP Shirley Walker Award at the 33rd annual ASCAP Screen Music Awards in Los Angeles on May 23. The Shirley Walker Award honors those whose achievements have contributed to the diversity of film and television music. Franco is the first Latina composer invited to […]
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has today completed the astonishing feat of having published or co-published the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. each week for an entire year. The company’s uninterrupted run at the top of the chart comes as its songwriter Drake achieves a fourth week at No. 1 […]
