Bandier Stays CEO At Sony

Sony Corporation of America announced today that Martin Bandier has signed a long-term contract extension to remain as Chairman and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. Sony/ATV Music Publishing is a joint venture between Sony Corporation and the Estate of Michael Jackson.

Since arriving at Sony/ATV Music Publishing in 2007, Mr. Bandier has expanded the company in impressive ways. Throughout the past five years, Mr. Bandier has re-energised the music publisher by putting an emphasis on attracting the industry’s best emerging talent including signing writer-artists like Lady Gaga, Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull and Shakira as well as songwriter-producers like Jeff Bhasker, Boi-1Da, Evan Bogart, JR Rotem and RedOne. As a result of his efforts, Sony/ATV Music Publishing has gone on to win many of the industry’s top honours including the ASCAP Pop Publisher of the Year (for the first time in the company’s history in 2009) and the BMI Pop Publisher of the Year (for the first time in over fifteen years in 2011). Sony/ATV Music Publishing has also been awarded both the BMI Country Publisher of the Year as well as the ASCAP Latin Publisher of the Year every year of Mr Bandier’s tenure at the company. Also, since joining the company, Sony/ATV Music Publishing has twice been awarded the prestigious Sony Corporation Award for Excellence, which recognises an operating company’s stellar performance in a given fiscal year. Prior to Mr Bandier’s arrival, Sony/ATV had never been presented with the award.

Source: marketwatch.com & MJWN