Mojo Music & Media, the indie music publishing company that launched in 2017, has acquired 50% of Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen's music publishing catalog which consists of more than 400 songs, including the power pop band's biggest hits "I Want You To Want Me," "Surrender" and "Dream Police," as well as perennial concert-opener "Hello There." Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Nielsen wrote or co-wrote the vast majority of the Cheap Trick catalog, and as the songwriter Nielsen retains full ownership of the writer's share.
That means, in this deal Nielsen sold half of his publishing stake, which he owned completely; and half of a co-publishing deal that covered about 10 songs, according to the company. "For the last four
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