DCD Publishing Signs Lyric Merchandising Deals With Universal, Chrysalis and peermusic

DCD Publishing is delighted to announce that it has been appointed to represent the catalogues of Universal Music Publishing, Chrysalis Music Publishing and peermusic uk Ltd for lyric merchandising.

The deals mark a major step in DCD Publishing’s expansion enabling it to exploit a combined catalogue of over 3,25 million songs from three of the largest and high profile music publishers in the world.

Chrysalis’ 70’000-strong library includes classic tunes by Paul Anka, David Bowie and Blondie; Universal Music Publishing is the world’s biggest music publisher with a library of over 3 million songs including countless classics from ‘I will Survive’ and ‘Candle In The Wind’ to ‘Born To Be Wild’ and ‘Strangers In The Night’, while long established peermusic uk, best known for their Buddy Holly repertoire, boasts a collection of 250'000 popular song titles performed by artists including Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Frank Sinatra and Rod Stewart.

Michael Gottlieb, Head of Licensing and Music Merchandising at DCD Publishing said: "We are delighted to represent the world's most famous and iconic songs through these prestigious catalogues and are already in advanced discussions to place them on innovative consumer products”.

Adrian Sington, CEO of DCD Publishing added: “We are thrilled with the prospects generated by this foray into music merchandising. Michael has a strong expertise and knowledge of the market place and we expect some exciting music-based projects to be launched shortly”.

Since its launch in September 2008 DCD Publishing has significantly grown its portfolio of brands to encompass the areas of Television (Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab, Stephen Fry In America), Animation (Suzy’s Zoo, Andy’s Airplanes) and most recently Music with the arrival of Michael Gottlieb in May 2009.