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The True Meaning Of Christmas

In 1965 Peanuts creator Charles Schulz fought with his show producers to keep a one-minute reference to Christ in the animated special, A Charlie Brown Christmas. Fortunately, he won.

The True Meaning Of Christmas

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In 1965 Peanuts creator Charles Schulz fought with his show producers at CBS to keep a one-minute reference to Christ in the animated special, A Charlie Brown Christmas. The producers argued highlighting religion in the special could limit the audience reach. Schulz didn’t budge and the show has become a seasonal favourite across the globe. The accompanying music by American composer Vince Guaraldi was released by Fantasy Records in the same year and has gone on to sell millions of copies and has been voted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry list of "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important" sound recordings.


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Jamie Cerreta
Yulissa Mendoza

Jamie Cerreta

Publishing

Peermusic Names New President of U.S. and Canada

The publisher has selected James Cerreta, most recently an executive vp at Hipgnosis Songs Group, to helm two of its North American offices.

Peermusic has tapped James “Jamie” Cerreta as its next president, U.S. and Canada. In the new role, Cerreta will report to CEO Mary Megan Peer and will oversee the Peermusic roster, signing strategy and other initiatives in the two territories. He is based in Peermusic’s Los Angeles office.

Cerreta’s relationship with Peermusic began in 2017 when the company signed a sub-publishing agreement to represent the copyrights controlled by Big Deal Music Group, where he was serving as co-president. This relationship continued through Big Deal’s acquisition by Hipgnosis in 2020 and transformation into the so-called Hipgnosis Songs Group (HSG), which Cerreta also led. Peermusic continued to act as HSG’s sub-publisher until the catalog was sold to Sony Music Publishing earlier this year.

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