Online musicians' network Tonos Entertainment has forged deals under which five leading music publishers will sign songwriters who are members of the TonosPRO subscription service. The deals, to be announced today, are with Chrysalis Music Group, DreamWorks SKG Music Publishing, EMI Music Publishing,
Famous Music, and Warner/Chappell Music. Each publisher will sign at least two Tonos songwriters.
L.A.-based Tonos recently forged artist-development deals with Atlantic Records, Columbia Records, DreamWorks Records, J Records, Jive Records, and Interscope Geffen A&M (Bulletin, July 16).