Downtown Music Publishing Names Emily Stephenson Senior Manager, International

Downtown Music Publishing has announced that Emily Stephenson has been hired as Senior Manager, International. In her new role in New York, Stephenson will manage global administration of Downtown's copyrights, focusing on increasing efficiency in data management with its foreign offices, affiliates and over 40 international collections societies. She will report to Sean McGraw, Downtown's Vice President, Administration.

Prior to joining Downtown, Stephenson served as Manager, Publishing Operations at the Company's Songtrust division, a leading provider of rights management software. Originally from Nashville, Stephenson began her career as a Copyright Administrator at Bluewater Music.

"We are thrilled to have Emily join Downtown Music Publishing," said McGraw. "Working with Songtrust for the past four years, Emily is at the forefront of leveraging copyright metadata to improve royalty collections. Emily's new role furthers our commitment to serving the long-term music publishing needs of world-class songs and songwriters."

About Downtown Music Publishing:

Founded in 2007, Downtown Music Publishing is one of the world's leading rights-management firms, with offices in New York, Nashville, Los Angeles, London, and Amsterdam. The company's catalog spans over seven decades of popular music, encompassing some of the world's most beloved songwriters and artists including The Beatles, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, The Kinks, Randy Newman, Hans Zimmer, Bruce Springsteen, Mötley Crüe, One Direction, Hardwell, Santigold and Carla Bruni. The company also represents such renowned publishing catalogs as Cy Coleman's Notable Music, the legendary Latin music catalog, Fania, the UK's Kassner Music, and Germany's Budde Music. The company's technology platform, Songtrust, powers global royalty collection for over 80,000 individual songwriters as well as companies such as CD Baby, The Orchard and Downtown's own catalog in over 90 countries around the world.