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Sony Music Publishing has acquired Hipgnosis Songs Group, Music Week has confirmed. Hipgnosis Songs Group is a subsidiary of Recognition Music Group. The catalogue includes 4,400 copyrights which Hipgnosis acquired from Big Deal Music in 2020. It includes songs recorded by One Direction, Shawn Mendes and Panic! At The Disco. ...

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