Sony Corp Ord (NYSE:SNE), TENCENT HOLDINGS ADR (TCEHY) - Slip Slidin' Away: Sony Music Acquires Paul Simon's Music Catalog
Share: Singer-songwriter Paul Simon has sold the publishing rights to his music catalog to Sony Music Publishing, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE), for an undisclosed sum. What Happened: Simon, 79, is one of the music industry’s most versatile talents, first gaining stardom in a mid-1960s partnership with Art Garfunkel with a series of melancholic hits including “Mrs. Robinson,” "Sound of Silence" and “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” and then establishing a solo career with a diverse output including the landmark 1986 “Graceland” album that plumbed multiple cultural e...
Source: benzinga.com