Sony/ATV Music Publishing

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Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC is one of the world's largest music publishing companies. The company was formed by the 1995 merger of the Sony Corporation of America's music publishing business with ATV Music, which Michael Jackson had purchased in 1985 for $47.5 million from Australian businessman Robert Holmes à Court. Sony and Jackson each hold 50%, although 25% of Jackson's share is currently pledged as collateral on a secured loan of over $200 million.[1]

Among Sony/ATV's most valuable holdings is the Northern Songs catalogue, consisting of 180 songs written by The Beatles (mostly by Lennon-McCartney).

In May 2007, Sony/ATV acquired the Famous Music publishing company from Viacom's Paramount Pictures for $400 million.

Among Sony/ATV's notable songwriters is Andre "mrDEYO" Deyo of TuneSmith Advancements Publishing who wrote Jennifer Lopez's "Jenny From The Block" and "I'm Glad" has been signed since June 2002. [2].

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  1. ^ "Michael Jackson to lose Beatles catalog?"
  2. ^ https://satv.sonydadc.com/sony_atv/cgi-bin/doSearch?title=&album=&writer=Deyo&artist=&keyword=&category=

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