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Pink Floyd ally with Imagem
By Chris Cooke | Published on Friday 26 July 2013
Following the recent decision by the Rolling Stones to ally with BMG on publishing matters, having self-published their songs catalogue for three decades, now Pink Floyd – who have handled their own publishing for over forty years – have announced a partnership with independent publisher Imagem Music UK. Under the new deal, Imagem will administer the music publishing rights in the Floyd’s full catalogue (though Roger Waters’ solo works are outside the deal).
Confirming the new arrangement, the managers of the various members of Pink Floyd told Billboard: “This is a big change for us. Together with Peter Barnes [who has overseen Pink Floyd Publishing to date] we did a detailed review that made us really think about what we needed from a publisher partner. That’s not easy when the band had effectively done their own publishing via Peter Barnes for PFMP since the days of ‘Atom Heart Mother'”.
They went on: “We wanted all the flexibility we have now, combined with creativity, enthusiasm and the ability to punch its weight for us in the digital world. We met and liked the [Imagem] team and we all feel that we are going to get the sort of personal service we need. We are very much looking forward to it”.
