The Harry Fox Agency (HFA) is a provider of rights management and collector and distributor of mechanical license fees on behalf of music publishers in the United States. HFA has over 48,000 music publishing clients and issues the largest number of licenses for physical and digital formats of music. It was founded in 1927 by the National Music Publishers Association. The agency was sold to performing rights organization SESAC in 2015,SESAC Buys the Harry Fox Agency Ed Christman, Billboard, July 7, 2015 which was itself acquired by The Blackstone Group in 2017.Blackstone’s Latest Move Has the Look of a Hit Jennifer Saba, New York Times, January 5, 2017
