Downtown is the leading music rights management company for the modern age. Based in New York City, with offices in the world’s major media centers, we own, manage, and develop extraordinary song copyrights.
Downtown is the leading music rights management company for the modern age. Based in New York City, with offices in the world’s major media centers, we own, manage, and develop extraordinary song copyrights.
Downtown is the leading music rights management company for the modern age. Based in New York City, with offices in the world’s major media centers, we own, manage, and develop extraordinary song copyrights.
Downtown is the leading music rights management company for the modern age. Based in New York City, with offices in the world’s major media centers, we own, manage, and develop extraordinary song copyrights.
Downtown Music Publishing operates in service of extraordinary songs. Representing nearly 100 years of popular music, we are the preferred music publishing partner for some of the world’s most beloved songwriters, storied music catalogs, and emerging artists at the forefront of pop culture.
Our story began in response to an industry model and mindset that hadn’t evolved in many years. The once magical partnership between writer and publisher had become a relic of a different era. We wanted to change that.
Downtown Music Publishing’s mission today is the same as it always has been — to build a service-oriented business that respects our clients and values their creative works.
Up from the 36 Chambers, straight from the rugged lands of Shaolin, Wu-Tang killer bees have swarmed Downtown...
Downtown has acquired Good Soldier Songs, covering over 350 works by a diverse roster of songwriters and artists, and an active agreement with The 1975 — including the band’s publishing catalog and upcoming album, Notes on a Conditional Form.
With Downtown employees working from home around the globe, we've been releasing a series of playlists to aid in the social distancing process — featuring lo-fi beats, electronic instrumentals, jazz fusion, and more from our catalog and roster.
Downtown Music Holdings CEO Justin Kalifowitz remembers the legendary songwriters' songwriter John Prine.
We are honored to announce that Downtown now represents the incredible catalog of the legendary Miles Davis, an innovator and cultural icon whose influence transcends genres, generations, and artistic mediums.
Downtown is excited to welcome our new Senior Vice President of International Creative, Sarah McCann!
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From Motor City to all around the world and back, music from the Mickey Stevenson catalog has made its way Downtown — and we're "dancing in the..
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Yesterday, nominations for the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced by The Recording Academy — and Downtown-represented writers and producers..
Read PostFor our last Postcards playlist, we touched base from London. The series’ latest edition comes from Paris, highlighting the work of emerging artists and hometown heroes on our French roster — including David Spinelli, Fakear, Green Montana, Keren Ann, Luidji, Neue Grafik, Ouai Stéphane, and Victor le Masne, as well as Douran and Vimala of leading French booking agency Allo Floride.
For the first installment of our new playlist series Downtown Postcards, we highlighted the music of emerging talent and hometown heroes from our headquarters in New York. This month, we’re taking it across the pond to feature some of our artists, songwriters, and producers from London.
We're excited to introduce our new playlist series, Downtown Postcards. Each installment will highlight the music of contemporary artists, songwriters, and producers from a specific region, starting with our headquarters in New York.
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