Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited Taps Ted Cockle As President, Amy Thomson As Chief Catalogue Officer

New Execs Named

HIPGNOSIS SONGS FUND LIMITED and its Investment Adviser THE FAMILY (MUSIC) LIMITED Founder MERCK MERCURIADIS have named VIRGIN EMI President TED COCKLE its new President.

Meanwhile, artist manager AMY THOMSON comes aboard as Chief Catalogue Officer following her many years overseeing the careers of SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA, DJ SNAKE, SEAL and many others.

MERCURIADIS said, “It’s a testament to the iconic song catalogue that we have assembled over the last 2 plus years, and our songwriters, that we have been able to attract executives with the extraordinary talent, pedigree and success of TED and AMY. I’ve been very vocal about disrupting the world of traditional publishing with “Song Management”. In Song Management we actively manage our songs with great responsibility to higher levels of success. I don’t believe there’s a traditional publisher that has brought together this level of expertise to manage its songs. Our results have been strong and with TED and AMY now on board I look forward to everything their passion and know how will help us to achieve.”

COCKLE noted: “Each year of my career, I've witnessed how the excellence and magic of individual songs proves to be the catalyst for streaming success, album sales, artist careers, filled venues and growing market shares. Alongside MERCK, AMY and the HIPGNOSIS team I'm very much looking forward to help re-establish and to help grow the value of these classic songs.”

THOMSON added, "I genuinely love managing songs. They’re like stories to me, chapters in the life of the songwriter and the impact they have in creating new stories for the listener. Over the last three years I became obsessed with diving into the care of catalogue as we see songs become pensions. The care and attention of nurturing it for its entire life. Songs are legacies and managing them as if each one was its own Artist has become a passion and now I have a chance to work on some of the greatest catalogues on earth with MERCK and TED and I cannot wait to start.”

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