As had been hinted at previously, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN has sold his recorded masters and publishing catalogs to SONY in a $500 million deal, according to a report in BILLBOARD..SPRINGSTEEN had been shopping both his recorded album catalog and publishing, which UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING had been administering.SPRINGSTEEN s album catalog has sold 65.5 million copies in the U.S., including the 15-times-platinum "Born In The U.S.A." His music has generated 2.25 million consumption units .