EMI Music Publishing was a music publishing company (generic trading name used by various companies that form part of the EMI Music Publishing Group)
The worldwide companies that formed part of EMI Music Publishing (prior to 2020) held the copyrights to over two million compositions. Since 2012, the rights were been istered by 'Sony/ATV', which folded EMI Music Publishing eight years later.
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- EMI Music Publ. (when credited as "Emi Music Pub", "EMI Music Pub." or "EMI Music Publ.")
- EMI Music Publishers (when credited as "EMI Music Pubs.", "EMI Music Publs." or "EMI Music Publishers")
EMP had local offices in Albania, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, , , Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, US Latin, USA.
In November 2011, Citigroup, Inc. agreed to sell EMI Group Plc) worldwide music publishing business's to a consortium of investors (partnership) which primarily consisted of Sony Corporation of America, Estate of Michael Jackson, Mubadala development and Blackstone's Group GSO Capital partners LP. The sale of the EMI Music Publishing Group was completed on the 29th of June 2012. The partnership (company) is known as DH Publishing LP, based in the Cayman Islands.
Companies that form part of EMI Music Publishing Group (as of 2017) - Argentina: Stone Diamond Music Corp., West End Music, Inc., Windriva Music, Inc.
In May 2018 Sony ATV announced it was acquiring a controlling stake (90%), subject to regulatory approval in the EMI Music Publishing Group, which it already owns 30%, the £1.7bn deal would make Sony the largest music publisher in the world, due to it already owning the rights to over 2 million compositions via its other music related companies. Sony ATV Music subsequently acquired the small holding held by Estate of Michael Jackson in separate deal in August 2018. The complete takeover was approved by European regulators on October 26th, 2018, with the deal being completed by Sony Corporation in Nov 2018.
On February 10, 2020, with the merger of Sony Music Entertainment completed, EMI Music Publishing was folded.
