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Sony/ATV renews top man’s contract
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 20 March 2012
Sony’s music publishing company Sony/ATV has renewed its contract with its top man, Mr Marty Bandier. Terms of the new deal are not known, obviously, but it’s been dubbed a “long term contract”.
Of course if Sony/ATV is allowed to buy EMI Music Publishing by European and US regulators, Bandier will be reunited with the publishing catalogue he used to head up, and will become the most powerful man in the music publishing sector. He’ll probably be given his own throne at PRS HQ. A really comfy throne, with secret draws like Jimmy Saville’s chair used to have.
Confirming the new deal, Sony Corp top dog (for now) Howard Stringer told reporters: “Music publishing is an incredibly successful part of our business and with Marty staying on at the helm, Sony/ATV is well positioned for the years ahead”.