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Timberlake Renews With UMPG
July 25, 2008 - Publishing
Justin Timberlake has signed on to renew his exclusive publishing agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group. » Full Story
Former Univision VP Launches Entertainment Co.
July 24, 2008 - Publishing | Latin
Former Univision Publishing VP of administration Nestor Rodriguez has formed a new company, Nestor Rodriguez Entertainment. » Full Story
Salsa Star Ruben Blades Signs With UMPG
July 24, 2008 - Latin | Publishing
Actor, singer, composer and politician Ruben Blades, possibly the single, best known name in contemporary salsa, has signed an exclusive agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group, Billboard.biz has learned. » Full Story
Publishing Briefs: Katy Perry, Fergie
July 23, 2008 - Publishing
Katy Perry has signed a worldwide publishing deal; Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry" signed to agreement. » Full Story
Flex Links With BMI
July 23, 2008 - Publishing | Latin
Panamanian phenom Flex, whose pop-reggaeton hit "Te Quiero" is in its 15th non-consecutive week at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart, has affiliated as a songwriter with performing right society BMI. » Full Story
Courtney Love Sued By Management Firm
July 23, 2008 - Publishing | Legal and Management
Courtney Love has been sued by a management firm for allegedly failing to pay commissions for the partial sale of her share of the Nirvana publishing catalogue. » Full Story
Kobalt Recruits BMI's Robinson
July 22, 2008 - Global | Publishing
BMI veteran Nick Robinson has joined Kobalt Music Group as senior VP business development. » Full Story
Rogers Signs with Imagem
July 17, 2008 - Global | Publishing
Imagem Music, the music publishing fund launched earlier this year by Dutch firms CP Masters and pension fund Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, has signed Australian artist, writer and producer Jarrad Rogers to a global publishing deal. » Full Story
EC Hands Down CISAC Decision
July 16, 2008 - Global | Publishing
CISAC, the umbrella trade groups for performing right societies, must reform its royalty collection practises and has been told to remove all obstacles impeding the pan-European licensing system after losing its long-running battle with European regulators. » Full Story
Cherry Lane Taps Morgan
July 16, 2008 - Publishing
Paul Morgan has been named VP of creative services and marketing at Cherry Lane Music. » Full Story
Strokes Guitarist Inks Deal With Primary Wave
July 14, 2008 - Publishing
Primary Wave Music Publishing has signed a co-publishing agreement with Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. » Full Story
Boosey, EMI Classics Strike Masters Pact
July 14, 2008 - Global | Classical
Classical music publisher Boosey & Hawkes has struck a worldwide deal to represent EMI Classics' master recordings for synchronisation. » Full Story
OFT OKs Universal's Big Life Buy
July 09, 2008 - Global | Publishing
The U.K.'s Office of Fair Trading has cleared Universal Music Publishing Group's acquisition of Big Life Music. » Full Story
Cherry Lane Continues Deal With Icon
July 08, 2008 - Publishing
Cherry Lane Music Publishing is continuing its multi-year administration agreement with Mel Gibson's Icon Productions. » Full Story
NMPA Names Rosenthal Senior VP
July 08, 2008 - Publishing
Jay Rosenthal has been named senior VP and general counsel of the National Music Publishers' Assn. » Full Story
Peermusic Promotes Hamburg Pair
July 08, 2008 - Global | Publishing
Peermusic has revamped its executive team in Hamburg with the promotion of Lubna Al-Aswad to the new position of GM. » Full Story
Euro Composers, Songwriters Appeal With EC Pres
July 03, 2008 - Global | Publishing
A delegation of the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance today met with European Commission president José Manuel Barroso to discuss their concerns on a looming decision which they claim could have a "lasting disaster for all Europeans, culturally." » Full Story
Veteran Bradley Joins BMI
July 02, 2008 - Country
Nashville publishing and A&R veteran Clay Owen Bradley has joined BMI as assistant VP of writer/publisher relations. » Full Story
Vasquez Joins Spirit Music Group
July 02, 2008 - Publishing
Robert Vasquez, former manager of film and television for EMI Music, has been appointed creative director at global independent music publisher Spirit Music Group. » Full Story
Brock Rises At Sony/ATV
July 02, 2008 - Global | Publishing
Sony/ATV Music Publishing executive Janice Brock has earned a promotion. » Full Story
Harry Fox Passes Hits Milestone
July 01, 2008 - Publishing
The Harry Fox Agency has surpassed the 2 million mark in songs licensed with the organizations by nearly 36,000 publishers. » Full Story
Getty Links With Kobalt For Admin Pact
June 30, 2008 - Publishing
Getty Images has tapped Kobalt Music Group for administration services of its music catalog. » Full Story
Copyright Office To Debut Online Registration System
June 26, 2008 - Publishing
The U.S. Copyright Office in the Library of Congress will debut a new online registration system on July 1, according to the organization. The move is part of its multi-year effort to move from a paper-based to a Web-based processing environment, according to Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters. » Full Story
House Committee Approves Performance Rights Act
June 26, 2008 - Legal and Management
The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on the Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property today approved the Performance Rights Act (H.R. 4789), which will establish that terrestrial radio should compensate recording artist with a performance royalty for broadcasted songs. » Full Story
P&P, London Calling Forge Synch Pact
June 26, 2008 - Global | Publishing
London-based music publisher P&P Songs has struck a long-term agreement with London Calling, Tracie London-Rowell's specialist film and TV synch firm. » Full Story
 


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