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# The Week In Music Publishing: More Sony/ATV Auctions, Prince Royce, The Who
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/the-week-in-music-publishing-more-sonyatv-auctions-prince-royce-the-who/
- Published: 2012-10-26T12:53:00.000Z
- Updated: 2012-10-26T12:53:00.000Z
- Description: Sony/ATV's Rosetta Publishing catalog is going under the hammer as part of its divestment to appease regulators for the $2.2 billion purchase of EMI Music Publishing. The catalog includes hits by Culture Club,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/10/the-week-in-music-publishing-mo
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Sony/ATV's **[Rosetta Publishing](http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/111805/sony-atv-spinning-off-rosetta-s-catalog-of-music?ref=hypebot.com)** catalog is going under the hammer as part of its divestment to appease regulators for the $2.2 billion purchase of **EMI Music Publishing**. The catalog includes hits by Culture Club, Devo, and many more '80s stars.

**MORE:**

- The legal battle between **Prince Royce** and his label **Top Star Music** (TSM) intensified this week with the [Bronx songwriter countersuing](http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/legal-and-management/prince-royce-fires-back-at-top-stop-files-1007991682.story?ref=hypebot.com) and claiming that TSM has not properly accounted both recording and publishing royalties.
- Fans of baseball and **The Who** can rejoice in news that [Spirit Music has inked a deal](http://www.classichitsandoldies.com/v2/2012/10/24/music-of-the-who-to-be-played-during-this-years-world-series-telecasts/?ref=hypebot.com) with **Fox Sports** to play many of the British band's biggest hits during broadcast of the **World Series**.
- Former EMI Publishing executive **Ben Vaughn** has been appointed EVP of **Warner/Chappell Nashville**.

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