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EMI Christian label rebrands
By Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 13 February 2013
What was the EMI Christian Music Group has rebranded as the Capitol Christian Music Group, ready to operate as part of the all-new Capitol Music Group company within the Universal Music empire.
Much – though not all – of EMI’s former US-based operations have been gathered together under the Capitol brand by new owner Universal, with the new Capitol division due to operate alongside the mega-major’s other American units like Interscope and Island Def Jam under the previously reported leadership of Steve Barnett.
Confirming the launch of the newly named Capitol Christian Music Group, the label’s CEO Bill Hearn told reporters: “We are very encouraged to be working alongside Steve Barnett and the amazing team he is building at the new Capitol Music Group. Being part of this team and with the strength of the Universal Music Group distribution system we are now in the best possible position to invest in and serve our artists and writers and grow our business”.
As previously reported, the former EMI Christian Music Group’s publishing interests, which unusually sat within the accompanying record company (rather than in EMI Music Publishing, which was sold separately to Sony/ATV), have now been split off and will sit inside Universal Music Publishing as part of its Capitol CMG Publishing unit.
God declined to comment on all these shenanigans in the Christian music world. Well, he put us on to his PR man in Rome, but apparently he’s just resigned.
