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...Since taking charge of Sony/ATV over a decade ago he has built it from the fourth-largest to the top music publisher in the world, striking deals such as buying out the estate of Michael Jackson to expand...
...Ms Gerson signed her as a songwriter to Sony/ATV in 2008, where she wrote for other artists before putting out her first smash hit album, as Lady Gaga....
...Songwriters argue they have been left behind as the music business turned around in the past few years....
...three months, including agreements with Universal Music Group, the world’s largest label, and Sony/ATV, the sector’s biggest publisher....
..., Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Warner/Chappell Music....
...the likes of Sony ATV, Universal Music Publishing and Warner Chappell....
...They also named Permira, the UK buy-out house, and Sony ATV, the publishing joint venture between Sony and the estate of Michael Jackson, as among those showing active interest....
...“Michael was a smart businessman,” said Martin Bandier, chairman & chief executive of Sony/ATV, Jackson’s music publishing joint venture with Sony....
...“He’d overspent so badly at that point that he had gotten a number of advances [against future sales] from Sony,” his partner in the Sony ATV music publishing venture which owns most of the Beatles’ biggest...
...At Sony/ATV, he saw a publishing business with room to grow. Sony sweetened the forthcoming deal by offering equity, making him a partner as opposed to a salaried employee....
...The recent deal to bring out a Beatles game by next Christmas, a likely boost for EMI and Sony ATV, the rights holders, shows that most music companies recognise this is driving demand....
...Martin Bandier, chief executive of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, which controls more than 200 Beatles copyrights, said the exposure on American Idol had yielded a number of inquiries, including from mobile...
...Sony has an option to buy part of his stake in Sony/ATV Music Publishing, their joint venture that owns publishing rights to the Beatles’ music....
...In turn, the singer would sell Sony an option to purchase half of his 50 per cent stake in the Sony/ATV music publishing catalogue....
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