Roger Waters has re-signed his publishing contract with Warner/Chappell Music. The deal means the Warner Music publishing arm will continue to administer the musician's Pink Floyd rights song rights from the band's fifth studio album, 'Atom Heart Mother', to 1983's 'The Final Cut', Waters' last album with the band.

Announcing the renewed deal, Warner/Chappell UK MD Richard Manners said: "Roger is an iconic songwriter, lyricist and musician. Each generation discovers these phenomenal albums anew, and their wide-reaching influence and popularity continues to grow. We're delighted Roger entrusts these songs to Warner/Chappell on a global basis, and we're looking forward to the work ahead, especially with much-anticipated 'The Wall' dates on the horizon".

Warner/Chappell have signed a global publishing deal with that Dave Grohl chap. Not sure if that means they have to pay for all his coffee.

The Warner Music publishing division will administer Grohl's rights in all of his work released before he signed up to his current publisher Universal Music Publishing, which means the first four Foo Fighters albums and his contributions to the Nirvana catalogue.

Confirming the deal, Warner/Chappell Music President Scott Francis told reporters: "Dave has garnered a massive dedicated fan base and critical acclaim by writing and recording some of the best rock songs in recent memory. His work with Nirvana, and Foo Fighters, as well as a number of side projects has contributed to some of most influential music in alternative rock and hard rock. We are honoured to work with an artist of his calibre and we look forward to a long-standing relationship with him".

Warner/Chappell has extended its relationship with Eagles man Don Henley, with a new deal which will see the Warner Music owned music publisher represent Henley's share of the Eagles catalogue in the US for the first time. 

Look, here's and CEO Scott Francis saying things: "Don is one of the pre-eminent artists of our time, whose songs and performances have connected with millions of fans around the world and across multiple genres. Don has been a leading musical voice, as well as an advocate for a number of educational, environmental and civic causes. We are honoured to continue our relationship with him and the Eagles, and with such a renowned catalogue of work".

Henley adds: "Warner/Chappell has been administering my solo songs for seventeen years in the US and it made good sense to expand our relationship to include my Eagles songs".

Music publisher Warner/Chappell has extended its worldwide relationship with tedious crooner Michael Buble, and has stepped up its deal with Buble's musical director Alan Chang.

And if you don't believe me, look, here is Warner/Chappell CEO Scott Francis saying so: "We are honoured to strengthen our relationship with a premiere artist such as Michael Buble and his musical director Alan Chang. Michael is a great performer whose fantastic interpretations of musical standards make it all too easy to forget that he is also a terrific composer with a long list of original credits to his name".

He continued: "I am also pleased to continue our relationship with Alan, a brilliant songwriter in his own right who has collaborated with Michael on some of his most successful works. Together, along with Amy Foster, they have proven themselves to be a truly formidable songwriting team over the past six years".

Warner Music's publishing business, Warner/Chappell, made three appointments into its London business affairs team yesterday. Mark Waring becomes Head Of Legal & Business Affairs, while both Rebecca Coleman and Anneliese Capps join as Legal & Business Affairs Managers. It's going to be a legal and business affairs party for these guys.

Waring will report to two people, Warner/Chappell's UK MD Richard Manners and the major's internationally focused SVP for Legal & Business Affairs, Jane Dyball. She told CMU: "We're delighted to be bringing such a talented trio on board and, in doing so, being able to offer a significantly enhanced level of support to our writers, partners and to our colleagues in the UK and around the world".

Waring himself added: "I'm very excited to be joining Warner/Chappell Music UK, who are committed to being a first-choice destination for song-writing talent at the same time as leading transformation in the music publishing business. I look forward to working with Rebecca and Anneliese to deliver a strong level of support to Jane, Richard and their teams".

Music publishing major Warner/Chappell has extended its administration deal with the legend that is Burt Bacharach so to cover the UK and Ireland. The songwriter's own company New Hidden Valley Music already used Warner/Chappell's rights administration services in North America, Scandinavia, Israel and Greece. The new deal also includes Italy.

Bacharach said this: "After a number of years of enjoying a close association with Warner/Chappell in several territories, I have just this year expanded it to include Italy and the United Kingdom. It means a great deal to me to continue with the Warner family and to extend my creative relationship with them to the UK".

Warner/Chappell UK MD Richard Manners added: "Everyone at Warner/Chappell UK feels deeply honoured that Burt is building on his relationship with us here. We intend to use all of our creative expertise and resource to add real value by intelligently promoting and exposing this astonishing catalogue of songs".

Nokia ComesWithMusic has signed new deals with PRS For Music, Warner/Chappell Music, Sony/ATV, Peermusic and Chrysalis Music Publishing in order to roll the service out across Europe. Lucky Europe.

Andrew Shaw, MD of Broadcast And Online at PRS said: "We are always trying to offer new music services a comprehensive and simple licensing solution. The zeitgeist of the digital age is to provide licensing solutions for new business models. I'm pleased we can offer such a wide and diverse repertoire to help Nokia extend ComesWithMusic further. This follows a deal announced at MIDEM where a series of independent publishers agreed to license their multi-territory rights collectively through PRS For Music".

OK songwriters, a tip. When writing the thought provoking and possibly mind-altering lyrics to your next killer tune, don't forget to make sure they'll look nice on a t-shirt, because that's where you'll probably see the biggest financial return on your creative investment.

Music publishing firms EMI, Warner/Chappell and Chrysalis have all entered into partnerships with Webwear who are launching a range of "lyric inspired clothing", ie t-shirts and polo-shirts with some of our favourite lyrics printed on them. They're also planning a range of lyrical hoodies, which will be perfect - from EMI's catalogue for example, perhaps the 'Bohemian Rhapsody' hoodie, "Mama, just killed a man", or the 'Irresponsible Hate Anthem' hoodie, "Hey victim, should I black your eyes again?"

Confirming he had deals with the three pubberys for his new song-words clothing line, Webwear MD Terry Grossman told CMU: "This partnership is an inspirational new venture, combining fashion and music to bring to the high street a range of t-shirts and casual clothing inspired by some of the world's greatest lyrics. At a time when fashion retailers are feeling the pinch and the economic climate is unsteady, Webwear have the courage and the confidence to launch an exciting new project which we are positive will reap fantastic results for each of the high street stores involved".

Interestingly the press release for this notes that EMI Music Publishing own the 'James Bond Theme'. Yeah, look forward to seeing the lyrics from that on a t-shirt.