EMI Christian Music Publishing and Lilly Mack Announce Groundbreaking Partnership

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – In one of the first deals of its kind, EMI CMG Publishing and Lilly Mack Publishing, home to the song catalogue of Grammy® Award winning, multi-platinum artist Kirk Franklin, and one of the world’s largest Gospel music catalogues, have agreed to a groundbreaking partnership that will open new territories for gospel songwriters and their music, announced Eddie DeGarmo, president of EMI CMG Publishing and Vicki Mack-Lataillade and Claude Lataillade, owners of Lilly Mack Music Publishing and founders of Gospo Centric Records. Under this unique agreement, this market leading Gospel catalogue will work with the biggest Christian music publisher to extend the reach of the Gospel genre beyond its core market.

Effective immediately, EMI CMG Publishing and Lilly Mack Publishing have entered into a long-term worldwide administration and exploitation deal and new writer development co-publishing partnership. With a united motivation for serving gospel songwriters, the companies will work together on all aspects of Lilly Mack Publishing’s business including promoting gospel songs to the church. The companies will also pursue new opportunities in the licensing of music for film, television, advertising, electronic gaming and print; one of the first strategic ventures to market gospel repertoire in these forms of entertainment.

“Vicki and Claude are to be congratulated on building Lilly Mack Publishing into one of the most successful and prominent publishing companies in all of music in the same way they built Gospo Centric Records into the foremost gospel record label,” said Bill Hearn, president and CEO of EMI Christian Music Group (EMI CMG). “The gospel genre has been one of the most stable forms of music in the industry. We are honored that one of the most successful executive teams in gospel have entrusted EMI CMG to help take their powerful songs and talented writers to greater levels of impact. I am confident that Vicki, Claude, Eddie and their teams will create an effective force as they continue to find new outlets for Lilly Mack’s current writers and catalog and discover the next generation of great gospel music writers.”