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Sony Music Publishing
Sony Music Publishing LLC is a British-American music publisher. Responsible for publishing the largest quantity of music, with over six million songs owned or administered as of end March 2025, it is part of Sony Music Group, which is itself owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. The company was formed as Sony/ATV in 1995 by the merger of the original incarnation of Sony Music Publishing and ATV Music, which was owned by late entertainer Michael Jackson. Jackson had purchased ATV Music, which included the Lennon–McCartney song catalog, in 1985.
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Sony Music Publishing at a glance
Sony Music Publishing is a media & entertainment company headquartered in United States, founded in 1995. Xcout recorded 219 job postings from Sony Music Publishing in the last 90 days, naming tools such as Salesforce, Workday, SAP.
Hiring at Sony Music Publishing
Xcout recorded 219 job postings from Sony Music Publishing in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since July 2026.
Tools named in Sony Music Publishing's job postings
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Hiring vs the trend
Based on 129 job postings in the last 8 weeks (10 Aug – 4 Oct 2026), compared with 45 enterprise communication services companies.
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Sony Music Publishing competitors
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Warner Music Group Corp. (WMG), established in 1929 and based in New York City, functions as a prominent global entertainment enterprise primarily focused on music. Its operations span the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and numerous other international markets. The company's activities are organized into two distinct divisions: Recorded Music and Music Publishing. The Recorded Music division is dedicated to identifying and cultivating emerging musical talent. It handles the subsequent marketing, promotional campaigns, distribution logistics, sales, and licensing of the recordings produced by these artists. This segment also actively markets its vast catalog of existing music, issuing compilations, re-releases of classic tracks and videos, and previously unreleased material. Its operations are chiefly conducted through a diverse portfolio of renowned record labels, including but not limited to Warner Records, Atlantic Records, Asylum, Big Beat, Canvasback, East West, Erato, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Roadrunner, Sire, Spinnin' Records, Warner Classics, and Warner Music Nashville. Music and video products are distributed and sold by this division to a wide array of channels, encompassing direct retailers, wholesale distributors, independent labels, various distribution centers and joint ventures, physical retail locations, online stores, streaming platforms, and digital download services. The Music Publishing division is responsible for owning and acquiring the intellectual property rights to approximately one million musical compositions. This extensive collection includes iconic pop hits, American classics, folk melodies, and scores for motion pictures and theatrical productions. Its comprehensive catalog represents the work of roughly 100,000 songwriters and composers, covering an expansive spectrum of musical styles such as pop, rock, jazz, classical, country, R&B, hip-hop, rap, reggae, Latin, folk, blues, symphonic, soul, Broadway, electronic, alternative, and gospel. Furthermore, this segment provides administrative services for the musical scores and soundtracks associated with various external television and film production companies and studios.
Downtown Music is an independent global music company that provides publishing administration, music distribution, royalty collection, and related rights-management services. It serves songwriters, music publishers, recording artists, and record labels.
Mills Music Trust is set up to collect payments derived from a deferred and contingent purchase agreement. This arrangement pertains to a portfolio of music and lyric copyrights, with EMI Mills Music Inc. being the entity obligated to make these payments, predominantly within the United States. The exact value of the contingent portion of these payments is directly tied to the royalty earnings produced by the catalogue's contents. EMI Mills Music Inc. functions as the proprietor of the copyrighted intellectual property found within this collection. Mills Music Trust was established in 1964 and maintains its operational base in New York, New York.
Concord is a major music and theatrical rights company headquartered in Nashville with multiple global offices, housing prominent labels and theatrical licensing divisions.
LW Entertainment (formerly Really Useful Group) is an entertainment company that produces and licenses musical theatre and related live performances. Founded in 1977 and inspired by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the company also expands its operations into music, film, television, publishing, audio, animation, and consumer products for global audiences.
Create Music Group is an independent music and entertainment company that provides digital distribution, label services, rights management, and music publishing support. It serves artists, record labels, and other rights holders, and is also associated with a catalog of music labels and artist-focused services.
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