"EMI is one of the world's leading music companies, home to some of the most successful and best known recording artists, songwriters and music catalogues.Through our own companies and network of licensees, we are able to serve our artists, writers and consumers all over the world.EMI has two operational divisions - EMI Music and EMI Music Publishing."
"Music publishing is the business of acquiring, protecting, administering and exploiting the rights in musical compositions. It is a business based on the songs themselves, as distinct from the recordings in which those songs are performed. Every commercial use of a musical composition requires a license and compensation to the songwriter and his or her publisher. The music publisher's role is to assure that the works it represents are used commercially, and to then ensure that proper remuneration is received in consideration for that use.EMI Music Publishing is the world's most creative music publisher, with one of the best collections of musical compositions and songwriters ever assembled. Active songwriters include James Blunt, the Arctic Monkeys, Alicia Keys, Duffy, Amy Winehouse, Hinder, Kanye West, Beyonce, Pharrell Williams, Jay-Z, Nelly Furtado, Norah Jones and Natasha Bedingfield. Among the iconic songs in the EMI Music Publishing catalogue are Bohemian Rhapsody, New York New York, You've Got A Friend, The James Bond Theme, Lady Marmalade, Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Always On My Mind, Over The Rainbow, I Heard It Through The Grapevine and Singin' In the Rain. Our publishing catalogues include SBK (CBS Songs, MGM and United Artists), Filmtrax (Columbia Pictures & Television), Screen Gems, Virgin, Jobete (Motown) and Windswept Pacific"
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This research is to give us a clearer idea of music audiences and how they have links to other companies within themselves such a publishing. it gives me a clearer understanding of the music industry.
