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Sony/ATV announces initial roster for neighbouring rights unit
By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 12 May 2014
The Sony music publishing company Sony/ATV has announced more about its shift into neighbouring rights, a development which means the firm is now handling sound recording as well as song-based royalties for some of its roster, a move also made by others in the publishing space in recent years, perhaps most notably Kobalt.
And Sony/ATV’s neighbouring rights division, which is UK-based, has now confirmed that Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke, Nile Rodgers, Clean Bandit and the estate of Lou Reed are amongst its launch clients.
Sony/ATV’s President, UK and European Creative Guy Moot told CMU: “We’re trying to do this differently. We’re viewed as a big company, but this is a very personal service, not a one-size fits-all, plug it into the system. This is very hands-on and bespoke but with all the benefits of the synergies we have inside the company like broadcasting tracking and creative”.
Neighbouring rights was put under the spotlight during the Maximising Music Rights strand at The Great Escape last week, and look out for a report on that debate later this week. Or read our pre-TGE interview with one of the specialists that took part in the session, Ann Tausis from the aforementioned Kobalt.
