Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThese are boom times for hit songwriters, with catalogs being snapped up by Hipgnosis, Shamrock and others — and the latest big acquisition comes from Spirit Music Group, which announced that it has acquired the publishing catalog of Grammy-nominated songwriter and former “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed beyond stating that “The agreement encompasses a large portion of DioGuardi’s back catalog.”Among the songs included in the deal are the hits “Sober” by Pink, “Heartbeat Song” by Kelly Clarkson and “Undo It” by Carrie Underwood.
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