Sony Music Publishing In The News

Martin Bandier, SESAC’s John Josephson, and Guy Oseary’s Sound Ventures join $5m funding round for blockchain streaming service Audius

The Chainsmokers, Nas, Jason Derulo and Pusha T also invest in platform

Richard Antwi Scholarship partners with Universal Music UK to award Idris Green-Holder the second award of 2021

Idris Green-Holder becomes the fourth RAS recipient

Maik Pallasch joins The Orchard as Managing Director of GSA, Eastern Europe and Russia

Pallasch was previously Head Of Music GSA at Spotify

Reservoir inks global deal with Joni Mitchell

Mitchell has released a total of 19 studio albums, and has received a total of nine Grammy Awards

South Africa’s Gallo Music Investments acquires 45% stake in distributor Content Connect Africa (CCA)

Superstar South African DJ Black Coffee acquired a significant stake in Gallo in May 2021

Shanice Edwards to receive 2021 Richard Antwi Scholarship

Edwards will be awarded a full scholarship for a place on the university’s Music Business Management MA course

‘We always put the songwriter at the centre of everything we do – globally.’

It’s a new era for Sony Music Publishing, with a global rebrand from the historic Sony/ATV name. Here, the leaders of Sony Music Publishing UK explain why the name change is symptomatic of a wider transformation...

The major music companies now turn over $2.5m every hour – and will generate more than $20bn between them this year

MBW's number-crunching tells us it's going to be a gangbusters year for the majors