Sony Music Publishing: version 1

Saved 2026-09-24 20:57 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by review: Settled owner_unknown. Co-founder Larry Miller's NYU Steinhardt biography (Wayback capture, 2013) says Or Music was acquired by Sony Music and EMI Music Publishing in 2006. Added two owned_by rows (fr. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Sony Music Publishing <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sony Music Publishing
summary: Sony's music publisher, formerly Sony/ATV Music Publishing, part of Sony Music Group and owner of EMI Music Publishing since 2018.
legal_name: Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC
wikidata: Q333040
country: US
website: https://www.sonymusicpub.com/
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role     | target                   | market | from    | until | ended | status  | source    | note                                                                                                                    |
| -------- | ------------------------ | ------ | ------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/sony-music-group |        | 2019-08 |       |       | sourced | ^wiki-smp | Part of Sony Music Group, formed in August 2019 when the management of Sony/ATV and Sony Music Entertainment was merged |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                           | type  | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------------ | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC | legal |        |      |       |
| Sony/ATV Music Publishing      | name  |        |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref        | url                                                 | title                            | accessed   | publisher | kind        | published | record_id | locator | licence      | attribution | upstream |
| ---------- | --------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| wiki-smp   | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Music_Publishing | Wikipedia: Sony Music Publishing | 2026-09-24 | Wikipedia | publication |           |           | lead    | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
| wiki-emimp | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMI_Music_Publishing  | Wikipedia: EMI Music Publishing  | 2026-09-24 | Wikipedia | publication |           |           | lead    | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Sony Music Publishing, legally Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC and formerly Sony/ATV Music Publishing, is an American music publisher owned by Sony Group Corporation through Sony Music Group, with over six million songs owned or administered as of March 2025.[^wiki-smp] It was formed as Sony/ATV in 1995 by merging the original Sony Music Publishing with ATV Music, which Michael Jackson owned.[^wiki-smp] It led the investor consortium that acquired EMI Music Publishing in 2012 and completed its full acquisition of that company in November 2018.[^wiki-smp][^wiki-emimp] Since August 2019 its management has been merged with Sony Music Entertainment's under Sony Music Group.[^wiki-smp]
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