LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobalt Music Group Ltd., an upstart music publisher that is now one of the world’s biggest, said Tuesday that it will manage the copyrights of Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles songs such as “Ebony and Ivory” and “Band on the Run” along with works managed by McCartney’s MPL Communications group outside of North America and the U.K.

The deal marks a break for McCartney from EMI, which was acquired for $2.2 billion by a group of investors led by Sony/ATV last month, making it the world’s biggest music publisher.