Clarkson inks pact with Kobalt

LONDON, March 24 (UPI) -- U.S. pop star Kelly Clarkson has signed a deal naming Kobalt Music Group as her exclusive worldwide publishing administration company.

As part of the pact, the independent London music publisher said it will represent the Grammy Award-winning singer for "a wide array" of opportunities in film, TV, advertising and other media.

"We are thrilled to be working with Kelly Clarkson and we look forward to a long, successful relationship," Willard Ahdritz, Kobalt chief executive officer and founder, said in a statement Tuesday. "In addition to our global admin and licensing services, she'll especially be working closely with our global creative executives and song pluggers, including Whitney Daane in

Nashville and Benjamin Groff in Los Angeles, to collaborate with other artists and writers and to expand opportunities for her songwriting."