Sony/ATV Signs Deal for Scott Weiland's Stone Temple Pilots Catalog

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https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/8527478/sonyatv-signs-scott-weiland-stone-temple-pilots-catalog


Sony/ATV Music Publishing has entered a worldwide deal to represent the late Scott Weiland's song catalog as frontman of Stone Temple Pilots.


A co-founder of the '90s rock band, Weiland served as co-writer and frontman for their first six albums -- beginning with Core in 1992, which featured such hits as "Plush" and "Sex Type Thing," and second album Purple in 1994, which topped the Billboard 200 albums chart and included standouts "Vasoline" and "Interstate Love Song."


“We are excited to be the home of such a classic and prestigious body of work," said Sony/ATV chairman and CEO Jon Platt, "that we are honored to bring to a wider audience.”


“Scott Weiland was one of the most iconic frontmen of his generation and with Stone Temple Pilots created a legacy of timeless songs that Sony/ATV is now privileged to represent," added Sony/ATV president and global chief marketing officer Brian Monaco. "I am thrilled about the licensing opportunities that we can create from this incredible catalog.”


Weiland met an untimely end in December 2015, when he was found dead of accidental overdose on his tour bus at age 48.


His ex-wife, Mary Weiland, shares: "The Weiland family is thrilled to partner with Sony/ATV. We look forward to opportunities that will introduce the Stone Temple Pilots catalog to a new generation."


The new agreement further fractures the band's membership across multiple publishers. Earlier this month, STP members Robert DeLeo, Dean DeLeo and Eric Kretz signed their own publishing deal with Warner Chappell. Prior to the new agreements, the three along with Weiland were previously signed to Universal Music Publishing Group in 2010.


Jeff Gutt, who was hired to replace Weiland following the former frontman's death and co-wrote the band's 2018 album Stone Temple Pilots, signed a worldwide publishing deal with Reservoir in August 2018.

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How does this differ from the Warner Chappell announcement?

https://www.warnerchappell.com/news-details/781

Is this for Scott only, whereas the other is the Deleos/Kretz?

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And if this is Scott-centric only, I wonder if that also includes his various works outside of STP.

[Rik]

And if this is Scott-centric only, I wonder if that also includes his various works outside of STP.

This handles Scott's part of the STP catalog, not his work outside of the STP catalog. And yes, this is the same thing that the others signed with Warner Chappell.

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Thanks for clarifying, Rik.

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The bad news is this might complicate future reissues or publications of unreleased material. Kretz and the DeLeos signing with Warner allows them to work more closely with Rhino (a Warner label), but now they'll have to get Scott's publishing rights from Sony for anything they release.

I wonder if this will affect the Purple reissue?

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So my physical Purple reissue still shows 9/13 release on Amazon. On a hunch I checked Amazon’s digital version. It ALSO shows the October 18 release date, like iTunes.

So I wonder if what this did is complicate the digital side, hence the delay on digital, but not physical…??

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The bad news is this might complicate future reissues or publications of unreleased material. Kretz and the DeLeos signing with Warner allows them to work more closely with Rhino (a Warner label), but now they'll have to get Scott's publishing rights from Sony for anything they release.

I wonder if this will affect the Purple reissue?

I'm no expert, but if Atlantic paid for the production of the unreleased material, then would that not come under the record deal that STP signed with Atlantic as artists?

The publishing companies hunt down royalties, and try to sign deals for music to be used in advertising etc, but Atlantic would still control the physical distribution of the music by sale through digital, or bricks & mortar retailers?

[Blue]

The bad news is this might complicate future reissues or publications of unreleased material. Kretz and the DeLeos signing with Warner allows them to work more closely with Rhino (a Warner label), but now they'll have to get Scott's publishing rights from Sony for anything they release.

I wonder if this will affect the Purple reissue?

I'm no expert, but if Atlantic paid for the production of the unreleased material, then would that not come under the record deal that STP signed with Atlantic as artists?

The publishing companies hunt down royalties, and try to sign deals for music to be used in advertising etc, but Atlantic would still control the physical distribution of the music by sale through digital, or bricks & mortar retailers?

Maybe I'm wrong, but releasing an album is literally publishing music. If you read the liner notes you'll usually see a 'published by' credit from the company that ownes the publishing rights. So my understanding is if Sony and Warner own the publishing rights, then they both get royalties ofr any future release with those songs, be it an album or a movie or a commercial.

As far as Atlantic, STP hasn't released an album through them since 2010. The Core reissue was through Rhino, which is also owned by Warner but still a different label.


EDIT: I think you're right. The Core reissue doesn't say anything about UMG Publishing... So yeah, thankfully I think it only pertains to stuff like soundtracks and commercials.