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- ↑ "The lost geniuses of library music". The Guardian. London.
- ↑ "Company History". EMI Production Music. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
- ↑ "EMI Production Music", The Knowledge
- ↑ Sanchez, Daniel (16 January 2019). "Sony/ATV's EMI Completely Digitizes the Iconic KPM Music Library". Digitalmusicnews.com. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
