The Rolling Stones and Universal Music Group today announced an expansive worldwide agreement covering the band’s recorded-music and audio-visual catalogs, archival support, global merchandising and brand management. “This multi-faceted partnership marks the beginning of a new era of expanded collaboration between The Rolling Stones and Umg,” the announcement reads.
The agreement finds the iconic group taking full advantage of Umg’s range of companies. Its recorded-music catalog from 1971 through the present and future releases will continue to be distributed globally by Umg’s labels and networks around the world, as they have since 2008. Over the years the Stones’ post-1970 catalog has been with every major label group, beginning with Warner, moving to CBS (which was later purchased by Sony) in 1983, then to Virgin/Emi in 1992; its pre-1971 catalog remains with Abkco Music, which is also distributed by Umg.
Bravado, Umg’s brand-management and merchandise company, will handle global merchandising rights,...
The agreement finds the iconic group taking full advantage of Umg’s range of companies. Its recorded-music catalog from 1971 through the present and future releases will continue to be distributed globally by Umg’s labels and networks around the world, as they have since 2008. Over the years the Stones’ post-1970 catalog has been with every major label group, beginning with Warner, moving to CBS (which was later purchased by Sony) in 1983, then to Virgin/Emi in 1992; its pre-1971 catalog remains with Abkco Music, which is also distributed by Umg.
Bravado, Umg’s brand-management and merchandise company, will handle global merchandising rights,...
- 7/8/2018
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
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