MPL Communications
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The first mention of MPL appeared on Wings 1975 LP Venus and Mars.
MPL publishing owns a wide range of
MPL Communications copyrighted material - covering nearly 100 years of music - by composers including McCartney, Buddy Holly, Jerry Herman, Frank Loesser,
communications Meredith Willson, Harold Arlen and many others,
McCartney s second eldest MPL Communications daughter, photographer and photo editor Mary McCartney Donald, runs the picture department.
In October 2006, the Trademark Registry in London reported that MPL Communications started a process to
National Communications System trademark McCartney s name on saleable goods such as pantyhose, waistcoats and vegetarian food.
. MPL, which stands for McCartney Productions Limited, MPL Communications is based in London and New York.
MPL Communications is the holding company for the business interests of Sir Paul McCartney. In addition to handling McCartney s post-Beatles work, MPL is also one of the world s largest privately owned music publishers through its acquisition of numerous other MPL Communications publishing companies.
It was founded in 1970 when McCartney wanted to distance himself from Apple Corps and Allen Klein, though McCartney stayed with the label until it folded in 1975.
