Publishing Briefs: Chemical Brothers Sell to BMG; Styx Stake Rolls to Primary Wave
Written by djfrosty on August 17, 2023
BMG has partnered with pioneering UK electronic duo The Chemical Brothers and will now administer and represent the band’s entire song catalog, building upon their previous arrangement to represent all of the duo’s works from 2015 onwards. The news comes just weeks before the duo will release their tenth studio album For That Beautiful Feeling.
Primary Wave Music has purchased the publishing rights of Styx member Dennis DeYoung, encompassing the majority of his compositions and master recordings. This includes Styx hits “Come Sail Away,” “Babe,” “Mr. Roboto,” “Lady,” “The Best of Times,” and more.
Concord has purchased a portion of the song catalog of Plain White T’s frontman Tom Higgenson, including his share of “Hey There Delilah.”
BMG has acquired the writer’s share of royalties for Michael Münzing of SNAP!, building on the company’s pre-existing partnership with the 90s Eurodance troupe. The two parties’ relationship began in 2018 when BMG acquired SNAP!’s recorded music catalog.
Simon Cowell and Syco Entertainment have launched Syco Publishing in partnership with UMPG.
Warner Chappell Music and the Warren Brothers have joined together to sign Jet Harvey to a worldwide publishing deal. Most recently, Harvey co-wrote Bailey Zimmerman’s “Rock And A Hard Place,” which ranked at No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart for six weeks.
peermusic Australia has signed Ziggy Ramo to a worldwide publishing agreement. This is Ramo’s first-ever publishing deal, encompassing his back catalog and future works.
Sony Music Publishing hosted its first-ever SMP x BeatStars Hitmaker Week in Stockholm, Sweden at the House of Creatives. Bringing together 27 BeatStars Publishing hitmakers from 10 different countries, the camp marked the three-year mark in SMP’s partnership with the beat marketplace.
Position Music has signed producer, writer and instrumentalist Keith Varon (Machine Gun Kelly, Joji, Kenny Hoopla, Travis Barker) to a publishing deal. News of the deal arrives soonafter the talent scored RIAA Gold for “Angels and Demons” by jxdn and Platinum for “Banyan Tree” by Machine Gun Kelly.
Reel Muzik Werks has signed songwriter Jennifer Adan to a publishing administrative deal. This includes the administration of her previously existing catalog, including “She Wouldn’t Be Gone” by Blake Shelton.