Sony Music Publishing is the world’s No. 1 music publishing company and prides itself on housing the greatest collection of songs in the world. On behalf of our family of artists and songwriters we make it our mission to ensure their songs live forever.

Sony Music Publishing LLC (formerly Sony/ATV Music Publishing) is an American music publisher. Responsible for publishing the largest quantity of music, with over five million songs owned or administered as of end March 2021, it is part of the Sony Music Group, [1] which is itself owned by Sony Entertainment.

Sony/ATV was established through a joint venture with Michael Jackson that brought together the original Sony Music Publishing with Jackson’s ATV Music. Sony/ATV acquired Famous Music which included some of the great American film and television catalogues.

Sony ATV is the world’s biggest music publishing company with an extensive history of lucrative, high-profile deals and purchases. Sony/ATV Publishing offers sync licensing, administration, direct deals with digital music services.

Feb 12, 2021 · Sony/ATV was established in 1995 through a joint venture with Michael Jackson that brought together the original Sony Music Publishing with Jackson’s ATV Music. Jackson had acquired ATV Music, which owned the Northern Songs catalogue, in 1985.

Jan 17, 2017 · With a modern and energized aesthetic, the new Sony Music Publishing honors its heritage as a Sony company and lays the foundation for its future as a songwriter-first, universally inclusive company. The central visual of the new brand identity is a refreshed logo, which is designed as an abstraction of sound waves—with resonance and ...

As of 2023, Sony Music Entertainment is the second largest of the "Big Three" record companies, behind Universal Music Group and followed by Warner Music Group. Its music publishing division Sony Music Publishing (formerly Sony/ATV) is the largest music publisher in the world. [8][9]

New York, March 14, 2016 – Sony Corporation (“Sony”) and the Estate of Michael Jackson (“the Estate”) announced today that Sony Corporation of America (“SCA”), Sony’s wholly owned subsidiary, signed a binding memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) with the Estate to obtain full ownership of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (“Sony/ATV”) by acquiring th...

Mar 15, 2016 · Sony is very close to executing a $750m purchase of the 50% stake in Sony/ATV it didn’t previously own. This deal not only completely alters the shape of the music publishing industry, but instantly makes Sony – the wider company – a far greater threat to Universal Music Group than it was last week.

Oct 3, 2016 · Sony/ATV Music Publishing, established in 1995 as a joint venture between Sony and Michael Jackson, is the world's leading music publisher. Together with EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV owns or administers more than 3 million copyrights including those from such iconic music catalogs like Leiber & Stoller, Mijac Music, Motown and Famous Music.