MPL Communications

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MPL Communications
Company typeMusic publishing activities
FoundedDecember 30, 1968; 55 years ago (1968-12-30)[1]
FounderPaul McCartney
Headquarters
London, England
New York City, United States
Websitemplcommunications.com

MPL Communications (which stands for McCartney Productions Ltd.) (

music publishers through its acquisition of other publishing companies.[2]

Profile

The company was founded in February 1969 as Adagrove Limited but changed its name to McCartney Productions Ltd. in August 1969.[3] One of the company's first projects was the purchase of the rights to a film adaptation of Rupert Bear in early 1970.[4]

Music publishing

MPL publishing owns a wide range of copyrighted material – covering nearly 100 years of music – by composers including McCartney,

Sony/ATV Music Publishing allowing the co-author to reclaim his songs fifty-six years from their initial publication.[5] MPL also controls 25 subsidiary companies.[6]

In 1976 MPL bought the North American rights to the Edwin H. Morris & Co. catalogue from Morris himself,[7] and most of Buddy Holly's compositions,[8][9] and in 2003 the rights to Carl Perkins' works.[10] The Holly acquisition was followed by McCartney's launch of 'Buddy Holly Day' with a concert presented annually from 1976 to 1999. Additionally, MPL has acquired rights to other cover songs recorded by the Beatles, and on solo recordings by John Lennon, McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Denny Laine as follows:

Buddy Holly songs

Carl Perkins songs

Other songs

Mary McCartney Picture department

McCartney's second eldest daughter, photographer and photo editor Mary McCartney, runs the picture department.

Trademark

In October 2006, the Trademark Registry in London reported that MPL Communications had started a process to trademark McCartney's name on saleable goods.[14]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "MPL Communications Ltd - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Music Licensing for Film, TV, Web, CDs, Performance and Merchandising - MPL Music Publishing Inc. - MPL Communications". Retrieved 19 November 2016.
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  4. ^ "McCartney's Own Projects May Break Up Beatles". The Times. San Mateo, California. 7 April 1970.
  5. ^ "Beatles song rights dispute: Paul McCartney and Sony ATV work it out". the Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 3 July 2017.
  6. ^ List of MPL subsidiary companies Archived 2006-11-06 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Edwin H. 'Buddy' Morris; Founded Music Publishing Firm". Los Angeles Times. 8 April 1996. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  8. ^ "PAUL MCCARTNEY PICTURED CRICKETS DURING BUDDY Editorial Stock Photo - Stock Image".
  9. ^ Sanjek, t. l. R. (1988). American Popular Music and Its Business: The First Four Hundred Years, Volume III: From 1900-1984. United States: Oxford University Press. p.539
  10. ^ "McCartney buys rights to Carl Perkins' catalogue". ABC News. 4 April 2003.
  11. ^ "Holly Days - Denny Laine | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  12. ^ Madinger, C., Easter, M. (2000). Eight Arms to Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium. United States: 44.1 Productions.
  13. ^ MPL Communications music search
  14. ^ Muir, Hugh (14 October 2006). "McCartney bids to trademark his name". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 July 2012.

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