Downtown Music Publishing Names Emily Stephenson to International Role

Emily Stephenson

Downtown Music Publishing has hired Emily Stephenson as Senior Manager, International. In her new role in New York, Stephenson will manage global administration of Downtown’s copyrights, focusing on increasing efficiency in data management with its foreign offices, affiliates and over 40 international collections societies. She will report to Sean McGraw, Downtown’s Vice President, Administration.

Prior to joining Downtown, Stephenson served as Manager, Publishing Operations at the Company’s Songtrust division, a leading provider of rights management software. Originally from Nashville, Stephenson began her career as a Copyright Administrator at Bluewater Music.

“We are thrilled to have Emily join Downtown Music Publishing,” said McGraw. “Working with Songtrust for the past four years, Emily is at the forefront of leveraging copyright metadata to improve royalty collections. Emily’s new role furthers our commitment to serving the long-term music publishing needs of world-class songs and songwriters.”