As the year winds down, media outlets begin gathering their year-end tallies of the year’s most memorable events. Industry main-stay Billboard is no exception, sifting through the responses of some of their most plugged-in readers to present the “Billboard.Biz Readers’ Survey Results, Part 1: Most Important Event of 2012.”

Among responses from executives like RCA’s Tom Corson, Robb McDaniels of InGrooves/Fontana, and BMI’s Alison Smith, is a statement from Reservoir President Golnar Khosrowshahi, who contributed insight on Sony’s acqusition of EMI Music Publishing, one of the most momentous industry happenings in 2012.

“As a publisher, you’re regularly involved in catalogs changing hands and company acquisitions, but a deal involving catalogs of this magnitude is pretty astounding,” Khosrowshahi comments before going on to describe the acquisition’s impact on the EMI brand.

Read the rest of Golnar Khosrowshahi’s “Most Important Event” and other contributions on Billboard.biz. Billboard.biz.