It's Official: COURTNEY LOVE Sells Share Of NIRVANA Publishing Rights

April 13, 2006

MTV.com is reporting that Courtney Love has "finally and officially" sold 25 percent of her share of NIRVANA's publishing rights, her spokesperson confirmed Thursday (April 13).

The singer — owner of her late husband Kurt Cobain's songwriting copyrights — had been looking to take on an investor "as a partner in the proper development and exploitation of the catalog," her spokesperson Alan Nierob said. She found one in Larry Mestel, a former executive at Virgin Records, Love's former label, who has since formed Primary Wave Music Publishing.

Love and Mestel plan to work together to create more awareness and value for NIRVANA's song catalog, which includes hits such as "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Come as You Are", "Lithium", "All Apologies" and "Heart-Shaped Box".

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