EMI Christian Music Publishing Registers Catalog with HFA for Subscription Service Licensing
Music rights licensing organization The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA), has announced that EMI Christian Music Group Publishing, one of the largest publishers of Christian music in the world, has affiliated with HFA to make their catalog of over 35,000 songs available for licensing for limited digital downloads and interactive streams.
“Being able to offer online music services licensing from such an important catalog as EMI CMG Publishing underscores that HFA is the one place to turn for all genres of licensing,” said Ed Hunt, Senior Vice President, Publisher Services and Distribution, HFA. “According to the Gospel Music Association and Christian Music Trade Association, in 2008, Christian music digital album sales increased 38%, and digital track sales grew 37%, better than the overall market.”
“The scale of licensing for online music services is so much greater than for CD licensing, and directing these high-volume licensees to HFA makes our licensing operation run more smoothly,” said Casey McGinty, Senior Vice President, EMI CMG Publishing. “With HFA’s easy to access online applications, we can ingest all of the licensing and royalty information into our own systems, simplifying payment to our sub-publishers and songwriters.”
For more information, visit http://www.harryfox.com