Downtown Music Publishing

Downtown Music Publishing
Industry Music Publishing
Founded New York, USA (2007)
Founder Justin Kalifowitz
Headquarters New York / Los Angeles / Nashville / London / Amsterdam
Key people
  • Justin Kalifowitz (CEO)
  • Andrew Bergman (COO/General Counsel)
Services Music rights management
Website www.dmpgroup.com

Downtown Music Publishing (Downtown, DMP) is a music rights management firm representing a roster of songwriters and catalogs including The Beatles,[1] John Lennon & Yoko Ono,[2] The Kinks, Hans Zimmer, Mötley Crüe, Seal, and Ellie Goulding, and Neon Trees. Founded in 2007 by Justin Kalifowitz, Downtown is headquartered in the SoHo district of New York City and represents a catalog of more than 80,000 titles.[3] In 2013, Downtown opened its second office in Los Angeles,[4] and in 2014 opened offices in London,[3] Nashville,[5] and Amsterdam.[6]

While music publishing is at the core of DMP's business, the firm has launched several other ventures, including Songtrust,[7] a digital platform for global royalty collection; dms.FM,[8] a production library service; Music and Strategy, a joint-venture with music supervision firm Clearsongs that provides music strategy, licensing and original composition services; and Downtown Music Studios, a recording facility in NYC that has hosted sessions by Adele, Sting, Vampire Weekend, Katy Perry, Maroon 5, and more.

Songwriters and catalogs

Writers signed to Downtown Music Publishing have penned hit singles for artists such as Beyoncé, Bruno Mars, Kanye West, Carrie Underwood, Katy Perry, Frank Ocean, Keith Urban, Rihanna, and more.

Notable writers:

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/publishing/5763124/beatles-go-downtown-fab-four-classics-go-to-indie-music
  2. ↑ "Exclusive: John Lennon, Yoko Ono Catalogs Sign With Downtown Music Publishing", "Billboard, January 25, 2013
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ingham, Tim. "Downtown Publishing opening London office". MusicWeek. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/5650681/downtown-music-publishing-expands-to-west-coast-names-amy-driscoll-dunning
  5. ↑ http://shorefire.com/releases/entry/downtown-music-publishing-expands-to-nashville-appoints-steven-markland-as,
  6. ↑ Trakin, Roy. "Downtown Music Publishing Expands to Amsterdam". Billboard.biz. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  7. ↑ Lindvall, Helienne. "Behind the music: In praise of Songtrust". The Guardian.
  8. ↑ Washam, Molly. "Downtown Launches dms.FM, Expands Licensing Team". PR Web. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  9. ↑ Trakin, Roy. "311 Indie Release Bows in Top 10, Band Inks Downtown Publishing Deal". the Hollywood Reporter.
  10. ↑ "Dave Berg Inks New Publishing Agreement", Freeman, Jon, "Music Row", June 21, 2012
  11. ↑ "Publishing Briefs: Reach, Downtown, House of Hassle, BMG Chrysalis, Patrick Joseph, Windish, More", Christman, Ed, "Billboard", June 21, 2012
  12. ↑ http://musicconnection.com/katie-armiger-signs-downtown-music-publishing-deal/
  13. ↑ "MÖTLEY CRÜE's NIKKI SIXX Signs Publishing Deal With DOWNTOWN MUSIC ", "Blabbermouth", January 13, 2009
  14. ↑ "Downtown Music Publishing Signs, RJD2, Creator of 'Mad Men' Theme", "All Access", April 13, 2015
  15. ↑ Trakin, Roy. Billboard.biz http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/publishing/6177395/randy-newman-inks-deal-with-downtown-music-publishing. Retrieved 24 July 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ http://relentlessam.com/bands/social-distortion/
  17. ↑ Billboard Staff. "John Lennon, Yoko Ono Catalogs Sign With Downtown Music Publishing". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 14, 2014.

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