EMI Music Publishing
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EMI Music Publishing is a major global music publishing company that manages and licenses a vast catalog of songs and compositions by numerous prominent artists and songwriters.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EMI Music Publishing canonical | 16 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4363015 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: EMI Music Publishing Context triple: [Cry, publisher, EMI Music Publishing]
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A.
Universal Music Publishing Group
Universal Music Publishing Group is a major global music publishing company that administers and licenses song copyrights for a vast catalog of songwriters and composers worldwide.
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B.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Sony/ATV Music Publishing is a major global music publishing company, historically co-owned by Sony and the estate of Michael Jackson, that manages and licenses a vast catalog of songs and compositions.
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C.
MCA Music Publishing
MCA Music Publishing was a major music publishing company known for managing and licensing a wide catalog of songs and compositions across various genres.
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D.
Warner Chappell Music
Warner Chappell Music is a major global music publishing company representing a vast catalog of songs and songwriters across diverse genres.
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E.
MPL Music Publishing
MPL Music Publishing is a music publishing company that operates as a division of MPL Communications, managing and licensing song catalogs and related rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: EMI Music Publishing Target entity description: EMI Music Publishing is a major global music publishing company that manages and licenses a vast catalog of songs and compositions by numerous prominent artists and songwriters.
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A.
Universal Music Publishing Group
Universal Music Publishing Group is a major global music publishing company that administers and licenses song copyrights for a vast catalog of songwriters and composers worldwide.
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B.
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Sony/ATV Music Publishing is a major global music publishing company, historically co-owned by Sony and the estate of Michael Jackson, that manages and licenses a vast catalog of songs and compositions.
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C.
MCA Music Publishing
MCA Music Publishing was a major music publishing company known for managing and licensing a wide catalog of songs and compositions across various genres.
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D.
Warner Chappell Music
Warner Chappell Music is a major global music publishing company representing a vast catalog of songs and songwriters across diverse genres.
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E.
MPL Music Publishing
MPL Music Publishing is a music publishing company that operates as a division of MPL Communications, managing and licensing song catalogs and related rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music publishing company
ⓘ
subsidiary ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
Sony-led consortium
ⓘ
Sony/ATV Music Publishing ⓘ |
| acquisitionCompleted | 2012 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | EMI Records ⓘ |
| brandIntegration | catalog integrated into Sony Music Publishing ⓘ |
| businessModel |
music licensing
ⓘ
music rights management ⓘ |
| catalogSize | one of the largest music publishing catalogs in the world ⓘ |
| collects | royalties ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distributionChannels |
broadcast media
ⓘ
digital platforms ⓘ traditional media ⓘ |
| focus |
exploitation of musical works
ⓘ
protection of intellectual property rights in music ⓘ |
| formerOwner | Citigroup ⓘ |
| formerParentCompany | EMI Group ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| industry | music publishing ⓘ |
| licenses |
compositions
ⓘ
songs ⓘ |
| licensesTo |
advertising agencies
ⓘ
digital services ⓘ film producers ⓘ record labels ⓘ television producers ⓘ |
| manages |
music catalogs
ⓘ
song copyrights ⓘ |
| notableFor |
administration of classic and contemporary song catalogs
ⓘ
global network of local publishing offices ⓘ |
| operatesIn | global ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Sony Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Sony
Sony Music Publishing ⓘ
linked to:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
|
| regulatoryReview | subject to antitrust review during acquisition by Sony/ATV ⓘ |
| represents |
composers
ⓘ
music publishers ⓘ songwriters ⓘ |
| roleInIndustry |
major music rights holder
ⓘ
one of the largest music publishers prior to acquisition ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | EMI recorded music business during breakup of EMI Group ⓘ |
| services |
creative services for songwriters
ⓘ
mechanical rights administration ⓘ performance rights administration ⓘ synchronization licensing ⓘ |
| status | operates as part of Sony Music Publishing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: EMI Music Publishing Description of subject: EMI Music Publishing is a major global music publishing company that manages and licenses a vast catalog of songs and compositions by numerous prominent artists and songwriters.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
"Every Breath You Take"
subject linked to:
If It’s Lovin’ that You Want
subject linked to:
single "Fight for This Love"
subject linked to:
Titanium (performed by David Guetta feat. Sia)
subject linked to:
UK number-one single "Side Saddle"