Case Study

EMI Music - understanding both the risks and the opportunities available in its royalties department.

EMI Music - understanding both the risks and the opportunities available in its royalties department.

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EMI Music EMI is one of the world's largest music companies and the largest global popular music publisher with a catalogue of over 1 million songs. On the recorded music side, it has a catalogue of over 3 million tracks from artists such as The Beatles, Coldplay, The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd. However, EMI's revenue had declined due to the structural shift in the consumer music market and a slow response, by both the industry and the Company, to the shift to digital consumption. As part of its restructuring Programme the new owner, Terra Firma invited Knox D’Arcy to assist it in better understanding both the risks and the opportunities available in its royalties department. The control and payment of royalties is a critical process in the organisation and although a decision to outsou

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