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Business News Obituaries
Music publisher Jonathan Simon 1942-2012
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 4 April 2012
Music publisher and former Chairman of both the Music Publishers Association and collecting society MCPS, Jonathan Simon, died in his sleep at the weekend, the MPA revealed yesterday.
Working in music publishing for over 40 years, Simon held positions at various branches of Chappell Music through the 70s and 80s, before becoming Director of The Really Useful Group’s music division and then launching his own company, Moncur Street Music, in 1997. Simon was also Director of the MPA from 1997 to 2006, later becoming Chairman of the board, and also served on the boards of PRS For Music, MCPS, the Australasian Performing Right Association, the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society and the Australasian Music Publishers Association.
He is survived by his children, Joel and Zoe.
The MPA has invited friends, family and colleagues of Simon to leave their memories of him on its website here.