Dashboard Confessional sign publishing deal with Universal for film / TV

Dashboard Confessional has signed worldwide co-publishing deal with the Universal Music Publishing Group. The company will market the successful act's music to film and TV. The company's Chairman and CEO, David Rezner, made the announcement:

Chris Carrabba is one of the finest songwriter/artists of our generation and we are thrilled that he and Dashboard Confessional are joining the UMPG family. Chris is already experiencing great success in the Film/TV area, and we look forward to building on that success as his career moves to new heights,

The news comes on the heels of the succesful debut of their latest record for Vagrant Records, Dusk and Summer. CORRECTION: Just to clear this up, the deal Chris and Dashboard have signed is for music publishing in film and TV. He's still with Vagrant.