My Morning Jacket signs publishing deal extension with Peermusic, continuing 20-plus-year relationship

My Morning Jacket has signed a publishing deal with Peermusic, according to Billboard, in an agreement described as the continuation of a relationship spanning more than 20 years between the band and the publisher’s U.S. and Canada leadership. The announcement places Peermusic and the band’s songwriting catalog back in the center of the music industry’s behind-the-scenes publishing pipeline, where rights licensing and royalty administration shape how music is distributed across radio, streaming, film and television.

Billboard reported that the deal reinforces an established working arrangement tied to Peermusic’s president of U.S. and Canada, Jamie Cerreta. Cerreta’s role in the partnership suggests the new agreement is aligned with ongoing territory coverage for North American exploitation of the band’s compositions, including uses in media and public performances where publishing administration is required.

Publishing deals can be structured in multiple ways, but industry practice generally involves the assignment or licensing of rights connected to a catalog’s compositions, with the publisher handling licensing, collection, and downstream monitoring. While specific financial terms were not included in the report, the central point is that My Morning Jacket’s writing rights are again administered through Peermusic rather than being moved to a new counterpart.

The agreement also underscores how long-term publishing relationships can outlast creative cycles and touring schedules. With the partnership described as “20-plus years,” the deal indicates institutional continuity between the band and Peermusic’s team, a factor that can matter for catalog management, documentation of registrations, and consistency in how rights are licensed for new media opportunities.

My Morning Jacket’s catalog has continued to generate new uses over time, and publishing administration agreements are often revisited as bands renegotiate terms or as publishers expand their services across territories. For Peermusic, the extension adds another maintained catalog relationship within its publishing roster, while for the band it preserves a longstanding workflow for rights licensing and royalty collection.

A further practical effect of the announcement is that the publisher, rather than the band’s writing side operating independently, will manage licensing requests that arise from third-party uses. Those uses can include broadcast and streaming performance, synchronization in advertising or visual media, and other composition-level exploitation where publishing rights are required.

The publication date of the announcement, August 19, 2026, indicates the deal is current and intended to cover an updated term for My Morning Jacket’s publishing administration going forward. Additional details about the specific term duration, the scope of rights covered, and how the arrangement may affect existing licensing arrangements were not included in the report and were not available in additional research.

No court filings or regulator notices were cited in the available reporting, and no additional primary statements from the band or Peermusic were included in the supplied information. The next material updates would be expected to come from further disclosures by Peermusic, the band’s representatives, or industry databases that track publishing administration arrangements.