Disney Music Publishing

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Disney Music Publishing
Industry Music industry
Founded1956;68 years ago (1956)
Headquarters,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Ken Bunt (President)
Services Music publishing
Parent Disney Music Group
Website disneymusicpublishing.com

Disney Music Publishing (DMP) is a global music publishing company and is part of the Disney Music Group. [1] [2] They publish multiple songwriters and producers including Dewain Whitmore, Daniel Armbruster, as well as Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, the songwriters of the Disney musical Frozen. [3] [4]

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History

Disney Music Publishing offices in Walt Disney Studios. Frankgwellsbuilding.JPG
Disney Music Publishing offices in Walt Disney Studios.

Disney Music Publishing controls the publishing rights to music from Disney's film, television, theater and theme park divisions. [5] In November 2006, DMP and Warner Chappell Music agreed to a licensing agreement for Europe and South America major markets. [6] In 2012, Disney Music Group announced that in conjunction with Hollywood Records, Walt Disney Records, and Disney Music Publishing, they would create a one-stop sync licensing department to streamline use of music that Disney controls. [7] In June 2013, Patrick Clifford was named Vice President of Music Publishing and A&R for DMP in Nashville. [8] In 2018 Universal Music Publishing Group and DMP expanded their business relationship to the continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Israel and Ireland, as well as countries in the Caribbean and Africa. [2] [9]

Songwriters

Current Disney Music Publishing songwriter and producer clients are: [4]

Imprints

Past and current publishing imprints under Disney Music Publishing include: [1]

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