Sony buys out Michael Jackson’s ATV Music Publishing for $750m
by Sophie Norris from Technology | The Guardian on (#177G2)
Company will now control all of Sony/ATV, the largest music publishing company in the world, having bought the dead singer's 50% share
Sony is to buy Michael Jackson's 50% share in Sony/ATV Music Publishing from the dead singer's estate for $750m (530m).
The company is the largest music publishing company in the world and owns the rights to millions of songs including some of the Beatles' work, as well as music by Taylor Swift, Bryan Adams, Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Manic Street Preachers.
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