Sony Music Publishing In The News

From SoundCloud’s $218m+ revenues to Snoop Dogg’s $44m+ worth of NFTs: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter

Avex USA and Sony Music Publishing strike global administration deal

SMP will provide worldwide administration services (ex. Japan) to Avex USA’s catalog and roster

Sony Music Publishing has a new head of US A&R: Walter Jones joins firm in EVP role

Jones was most recently Co-Head of A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group

Applications reopen for The Richard Antwi Scholarship in London

Scholarship is funded by all three UK major record labels

Sting sells song catalog to Universal for $300m+

Sting has sold more than 100 million albums throughout his career

Roberto Razzini joins Sony Music Publishing as Managing Director, Italy

Razzini will be responsible for overseeing Sony Music Publishing Italy’s operations

‘The indie versus major notion is outdated in the digital age.’

MBW’s World Leaders series interviews Marie-Anne Robert, Managing Director of Sony Music Entertainment France

Rich Christina’s role at Warner Chappell expanded to Senior Vice President, A&R and Venture Partners

Christina’s oversight will include recently announced venture with Tim & Danny Music (Sam Smith)