Seven Arts Entertainment Inc. today announced the appointment of Anthony G. Barlo as President of Seven Arts Music and Television, a new subsidiary of Seven Arts.
As founder of leading independent music company Microhits, Inc., Mr. Barlo has a proven track record of identifying and acquiring iconic music assets.
He is also an industry expert in copyright protection, having resolved contractual and copyright disputes involving the Beastie Boys, Lenny Kravitz, Tupac Shakur, Lynyrd Skynyrd, John Mellencamp, Public Enemy, Cat Stevens, Jaco Pastorius, Sidney Bechet, Igor Stravinsky and others.
Seven Arts Music expects that it will immediately begin acquiring music publishing and recording catalogs in the $1 million to $5 million range, financed through Microhits’ existing partners. New funding will also be available through its subsidiary Seven Arts Music and Television Inc.
Since 2000, the Microhits catalog has grown to over 27,000 songs and recordings, including numerous gold and platinum records by artists such as Lady Antebellum, Rod Stewart, Harry Connick, Jr., Donny Hathaway, Christina Aguilera, and many others. Microhits catalog also includes the single “Girls,” from the current Billboard #2 album by Kid Cudi.
As part of a long-term agreement, Microhits Music Ltd., which represents Microhits Music Corp.’s catalog in the UK/EIRE territories, will be sub-publiSeven Arts Music and Television. This also includes the catalog of China Music Publishing, the official music publi
The new division will build partnerships with content distribution services, tools, apps and models that improve the user experience, fairly compensate artists for their work and protect consumers and artists. Seven Arts will seek relationships with technology companies that recognize the fundamental value of art, and how new content delivery systems can liberate that art so consumers, artists and publiproduction and finance and has produced some of the greatest films of all time; while Mr Vellardita has successfully created a television network as well as one of the largest independent television production studios in the U.S. from the ground up,” stated Anthony Barlo, President of Seven Arts Music and Television.
Mr Barlo continued: “I am also looking forward to launching the new technology division. There is no doubt that content is the engine powering the internet and technology industry. Content companies are just beginning to reap their fair share of the technology and internet economy and we intend to benefit from, and reinforce that trend, through new partnerships, compelling content, services, and copyright protection.”
I have no doubt that together, Mr. Hoffman, Mr. Vellardita, and I along with the support of Seven Arts stockholders will be successful in executing a sustainable strategy of developing, acquiring, and creating compelling entertainment while maximizing distribution and revenue from Seven Arts catalog across all media,” Mr Barlo concluded.
After receiving a J.D. from Gonzaga University School of Law, Mr. Barlo began his music career at Universal Music Group, as the sole international administrator for Universal Music Publishing, and later as an Associate in Business Affairs.
During his time at Universal, Mr. Barlo was responsible for resolving disputes of domestic and international copyright infringement, estate and trust administration (intellectual property assets), domestic and international copyright reversions, as well as domestic and international breach of contract.
He has worked with some of the biggest artists and catalogs of all time, including the Beastie Boys, Lenny Kravitz, Alanis Morissette, John Mellencamp, Public Enemy, Peggy Lee, Cat Stevens, Jaco Pastorius, Sidney Bechet, Igor Stravinsky and others.
Mr. Barlo has also handled disputes, chain of title matters and transactional issues relating to mergers and acquisitions involving Interscope Music Publishing, All Nations Music, Clarence Williams Music, Wabash Music and ABC-Dunhill Music.
