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London's King Street Media Buys The Corinthian Group/Maranatha!

By Kim Jones, About.com

Jul 2 2005
King Street Media of London, England has purchased one of the world’s leading Praise and Worship music publishers and labels, The Corinthian Group and Maranatha!. The sale was announced by Randy Alward, President of The Corinthian Group and Alex MacDougall, Executive Vice President/General Manager of Maranatha!, as well as Richard Rowe, Executive Vice President of King Street Media.

Founded in 1970, The Corinthian Group/Maranatha!, based in San Clemente, California, has become one of the most successful Praise and Worship publishers in the world with a huge catalog of more than 3,500 copyrights. The catalog represents titles such as “Lord, I Lift Your Name On High”, “You’re Worthy Of My Praise”, “I Love You, Lord” and “You Are My Hiding Place”. Recent artists covering Maranatha! songs have included Chris Tomlin, Jeremy Camp, Selah, Natalie Grant and Crystal Lewis.

Maranatha!, one of the original Praise and Worship labels, is a label partner in the WOW WORSHIP series, and a participant in the Songs4Worship collections. Maranatha!

The Corinthian Group / Maranatha!, will continue to operate as a free standing operation in the U.S. and U.K. King Street Media will handle administration globally and provide additional support services. Richard Rowe commented, “We are very excited about our acquisition of this wonderful company and what it stands for, and look forward to helping the excellent management team take the company to an even greater level of success and awareness than has already been achieved.”

The Corinthian Group / Maranatha! has held many partnerships over the years which have played a large part in the growth of the Maranatha! name, including the Purpose Driven Life partnership, Promise Keepers, and Guideposts.

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