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Bug Music Registers Five Consecutive Quarters of Market Share Growth, Q2 Top Publisher Chart Results Show 67% Increase over First Quarter and 280% Increase over the Same Period One Year Ago.


Company Continues Run with Q2 Top Independent Publisher Spot in Co-Published Songs in U.S. and Album Share in U.K.

LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  -- Bug Music Publishing The contractual relationship between a songwriter or music composer and a music publisher, whereby the writer assigns part or all of his or her music copyrights to the publisher in exchange for the publisher's commercial exploitation of the music. , the largest independent contemporary music publisher in the world, has registered five consecutive quarters of market share growth among the Hot 100 hits following the company's second-quarter report for 2009.

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 ("Right Round"), Kings of Leon ("Sex of Fire" and "Use Somebody") to Theory of a Deadman ("Not Meant to Be"), Brad Paisley ("Then") to the Zac Brown Band ("Toes"), including the rare occurrence of the same song "No Boundaries" by two different artists, the American Idols Adam Lambert and Kris Allen. Recent deals have included the Guild Music and Murrah catalog acquisitions, publishing agreements with Grammy winning producers Tim and Bob and The Veils, as well as the first record release on Bug Music Records, The Features "Some Kind of Salvation," part of the joint venture record label with the band Kings of Leon (global #1 charting album).

"What an amazing quarter for our writers, who are the best around," said John Rudolph, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Bug Music. "It was across the board - new writers like Bruno Mars having a #1, Kara Kara (kär`ə), river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, NE European and NW Siberian Russia. It flows N from the N Urals into the Kara Sea, forming part of the traditional border between European and Asian Russia. It is navigable in its lower course.  DioGuardi having multiple songs in the top 100, Ashley Gorley scoring several #1s in country music, and the Kings of Leon becoming the international kings of rock. It is encouraging in these uncertain times in that our writers are the fuel behind the hits."

Leading music industry publication Billboard recently released their Q2 publishers rankings and share analysis. Bug Music ranks #6 among Billboard's Top 10 Publisher Airplay air·play  
n.
The broadcasting of an audio or audiovisual recording on the air over radio or television.


airplay
Noun

the broadcast performances of a record on radio
 chart holding 4.2% of the U.S. radio airplay chart share, an increase of nearly 70% over Q1. This finding marks the company's fifth consecutive quarterly market share gain, beginning at the first quarter of 2008. Additionally, Bug Music's share is up 280% over the same period one year ago. During Q2, the company held shares in more than 10% of the songs in the top 100. In the U.K., Music Week ranked Bug Music #5 in Album share and #6 in Combined Single and Album share for Q2 publishers.

About Bug Music:

Boasting over 250,000 copyrights including the classics "What a Wonderful World," "Fever" and "Happy Together," as well as hit songs from such musical luminaries as Johnny Cash Noun 1. Johnny Cash - United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003)
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, Pete Townshend, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters, Woody Guthrie Noun 1. Woody Guthrie - United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967)
Guthrie, Woodrow Wilson Guthrie
, Townes Van Zandt and Stevie Ray Vaughan Stephen "Stevie" Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990), born in Dallas, Texas, was an American blues guitarist. His broad appeal, combination of unbelievable speed, precision, energy, passion and emotion and constant expansion of his Blues style into Funk, Jazz,  to contemporary hit makers Three Six Mafia, Ashley Gorley (Carrie Underwood, Trace Atkins), Kara DioGuardi (Pink, Jonas Brothers, Celine Dion), Iggy Pop, Bruno Mars, Ryan Adams, Kings of Leon and Wilco, Bug Music's reputation, across its eight offices in the US and Europe, as a writer/artist-oriented music company and trusted counsel of legendary estates and current artists is unrivaled. www.bugmusic.com
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Date:Aug 20, 2009
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