CCMA's Honour ole with Third-Straight Publisher of Year Award

For the third year running, ole was named Music Publisher of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards (CCMA) in Vancouver on September 13th

ole songs also helped Taylor Swift, Doc Walker and Tara Oram win big...

Two New ole Writers Discovered in Hitsville Demo Critique Sessions

The second annual ole Hitsville demo competition at the 2009 CCMA's has produced two promising new songwriters...

ole's Saloonjam Wraps Up Winning Night at CCMA's

ole's fifth Saloonjam post-awards party and all-night jam was the hottest ticket in town at this year's CCMA's; once again drawing country and rock heavyweights onstage...

ole Supports Promising Composers with ASCAP at 21st Annual Workshop

ole reprised its participation in ASCAP's world-class television and film scoring workshop in July, scoping out the gifts of 12 carefully chosen participants...

Weeklong ole pop+urban songcamp Boosts Hit Catalogue

Third-annual ole pop+urban songcamp, co-presented by Foxx King Entertainment and Musicians Institute on Sept. 21-27, gave many ole writers a chance to challenge their songwriting chops and expand their writing...

ole & SESAC "S.W.I.T.C.H." On Networking Session in Nashville

Twenty-five of the most sought-after, chart-hitting pop/urban writers boarded a chartered bus from Atlanta on Sept. 2 bound for Nashville for a unique collaboration fostered by ole....

ole Extends Deal With Emmy-Nominated Children's Entertainment Giant, Nelvana

ole has expanded its extensive deal relationship with Nelvana, the award-winning producer of children's animation and related consumer products that recently garnered a 2009 Daytime Emmy nomination ...

Last Gang, Sound of Pop continue to grow with ole

ole has extended its co-venture with Last Gang Publishing and renewed its worldwide administration deal with the Canadian company, Sound of Pop...

Texas native Willie Mack has racked up Texas-size success this year with a work ethic that mirrors the hard-working spirit of ole; the singer/songwriter, who joined ole in 2006...

The platinum-edition re-release of Taylor Swift's 'Fearless,' entitled 'Fearless: The Deluxe Platinum Edition,' is due out Oct. 27. The album still features...

Music co-owned and co-published by ole scored impressive wins at the Sept. 20 Emmy awards, with partners WGBH and Nelvana earning top honours in numerous categories...

ole has extended its deal with Bucks Music Group to sub-publish the Group's catalogue in Canada. The Bucks catalogue contains notable songs such as the James Blunt smash, "You're Beautiful," ...

"I Remember," Shiloh's latest single from her debut album 'Picture Imperfect,' has hit No. 26 on the Billboard Canadian Emerging Artist charts, thanks to Shiloh and her ole co-writers, Mladen and Rebecca Everett....

ole and co-venture partner, Roots Three, have landed the theme song ("Slice of Life") for the new reality show, 'Meet the Wilsons,'...

The platinum-edition re-release of Taylor Swift's "Fearless" is due out Oct. 27. The album still features the three original ole songs ("Fearless", "Tell Me Why", and "White Horse") plus six new songs, including ole's "Come In With The Rain" and "SuperStar," both acquired in ole's deal for the Jody Williams catalog and co-written by Swift and Liz Rose.

Massari's upcoming record is slated for a November 10th release in Canada on Universal. First single, " Bad Girl", is doing well on the Canadian Hot 100 and his next single, "Body Body", was released in late September.. It features a sample from the song, "Push It" By Salt-n-Pepa.

Shiloh's CD, "Picture Imperfect," released Aug. 18, debuted at No. 9 on the Canadian Soundscan album chart, the highest debut for a new artist in Canada this year. Her new single, "I Remember", reached #26 on the emerging-artist chart [at press time] and continues to climb.

Doc Walker's "Go" (Open Road/Universal) came out Sept. 8, a few days before the band won Group/Duo of the Year honors at the CCMA's. The single "Coming Home" cracked the top 10 on Canadian Country Radio. The band has embarked on its Canada-wide "Speed of Life" tour, starting in British Columbia

Love & Theft released "World Wide Open" (Carolwood) on August 25th, including the single, "Dancing In Circles", written by ole's Roger Springer and fellow successful Nashville writers, Robert Ellis Orrall and Stephen Barker Liles from the band

CCMA nominee Jessie Farrell's "Good, Bad, Pretty Things" (604/Universal) will be released October 6th. It features "Your Fantasy," co-written with ole's Kelly Archer.

Dolly Rockers single "Boys Will Be Boys" will be released in October via EMI Parlophone in the U.K. (co-written by Tebey with Michael Linney, Jamie Moore and Robin Troupe.)

Puerto Rican artist Ednita Nazario will release her 20th studio album "Soy" on October 27, featuring the Gilles Godard/Tim Nichols/Nicole Witt and Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys co-write "Dos Eternidades" via Universal.

Canadian juice maker, Sunrype, commissioned Last Gang Publishing indie band, Mother Mother, to write a jingle for its latest ad. The song "The Kite."

The Canadian sitcom, "Majority Rules!", features several songs by Shiloh, including the theme song co-written with Rupert Gayle, "On Our Own", one of four ole-licensed songs for the show

The videogame, "Vancouver 2010: The Official Videogame of the Olympic Winter Games", features the song, "Buzzing In My Head", by New Brunswick band, Fed Pennies. The band comes to ole via Sound of Pop, whose catalog ole administers.

Jordin Sparks performed her new single "S.O.S. (Let The Music Play)" on "VH1 Divas Live." The song was co-written by ole's David Kopatz.

Jacksoul's "Getting It On" was featured on the TV show "Defying Gravity," which airs on Fox's science-fiction channel and CTV in Canada.

The new reality show, "Meet The Wilsons", on CMT Canada, featuring the theme song "Slice Of Life," premiered Sept. 21. The song was produced by Ron Kitchener's One Shot Productions; Kitchener is president of ole co-venture partner Roots Three.

"Jamaican Funk Canadian Style", by Michie Mee, was featured on CBC's documentary, "Rise Up," which profiles the history of Canadian music.

The Portuguese soap opera, "Morangos com Acucar", features "Runnin'", by producers Doman & Gooding, featuring Dru. The song, by ole writers Dru and Rupert Gayle, was a No. 1 club hit in the U.K. in late 2008 and a top 20 single in Canada.

ole hit, "I'm Already There", was featured on the TV special "Great Salute With Lonestar" on the Great American Country channel, co-written by Frank Myers.

Since joining ole as President over the summer, Michael McCarty has already seen the fast-rising music publisher score big wins at the 2009 CCMA's, including the company's third straight Publisher of the Year honour....

David Weitzman joined ole as Director of Business Development in the Los Angeles office in June. His 15 years of experience in the music business ranges from A&R and radio promotion to digital music ...

Longtime ole veteran, Jennifer Beavis, has been appointed Senior Director, Administration. Responsible for day-to-day operations of the administration team in Toronto...

Each month we feature the top ten songs in the ole catalogue as selected by one of the staff in our creative Group. Here are the Top 10 pics from our Nashville Catalogue Manager, Matt Turner.