Major publishers song catalogues now total 11 milllion

The number of copyrights now owned or managed by the World’s Top 5 music publishers is very close to 11 million, according to MBW analysis. Earlier this month MBW calculated that Sony/ATV’s haul of copyrights – which it either directly owns or controls via admin deals – had topped 4m. Elsewhere, Kobalt has publicly stated that it now manages over 600,000 copyrights, while Warner/Chappell boss Cameron Strang recently told an audience at Canadian Music Week that the major now has “1.2m copyrights under management globally”. UMPG has confirmed that it’s in control of 3.2m copyrights. Wrapping up the Top 5 is BMG - the Berlin-based company says that it manages 1.9m copyrights worldwide