diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs
index 7587a8a5a..67ec219bb 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Entities/BaseItem.cs
@@ -546,12 +546,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
         /// <value>The studios.</value>
         public virtual List<string> Studios { get; set; }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the publishers.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The publishers.</value>
-        public virtual List<string> Publishers { get; set; }
-        
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the genres.
         /// </summary>
@@ -1016,47 +1010,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities
             }
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Adds the publishers.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="publishers">The publishers.</param>
-        /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException"></exception>
-        public void AddPublishers(IEnumerable<string> publishers)
-        {
-            if (publishers == null)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException();
-            }
-
-            foreach (var name in publishers)
-            {
-                AddPublisher(name);
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Adds the publisher.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="name">The name.</param>
-        /// <exception cref="System.ArgumentNullException">name</exception>
-        public void AddPublisher(string name)
-        {
-            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException("name");
-            }
-
-            if (Publishers == null)
-            {
-                Publishers = new List<string>();
-            }
-
-            if (!Publishers.Contains(name, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-            {
-                Publishers.Add(name);
-            }
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds a tagline to the item
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/DtoBuilder.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/DtoBuilder.cs
index 1fde6a2d8..4dfe78faf 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/DtoBuilder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Library/DtoBuilder.cs
@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Library
             {
                 dto.Studios = item.Studios;
             }
-
-            if (fields.Contains(ItemFields.Publishers))
-            {
-                dto.Publishers = item.Publishers;
-            }
             
             if (fields.Contains(ItemFields.People))
             {
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/MediaInfo/FFProbeAudioInfoProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/MediaInfo/FFProbeAudioInfoProvider.cs
index e5f57d704..a7cc4985b 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/MediaInfo/FFProbeAudioInfoProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Providers/MediaInfo/FFProbeAudioInfoProvider.cs
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.MediaInfo
             // There's several values in tags may or may not be present
             FetchStudios(audio, tags, "organization");
             FetchStudios(audio, tags, "ensemble");
-            FetchPublishers(audio, tags, "publisher");
+            FetchStudios(audio, tags, "publisher");
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -168,22 +168,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers.MediaInfo
             }
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Fetches the publishers.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="audio">The audio.</param>
-        /// <param name="tags">The tags.</param>
-        /// <param name="tagName">Name of the tag.</param>
-        private void FetchPublishers(Audio audio, Dictionary<string, string> tags, string tagName)
-        {
-            var val = GetDictionaryValue(tags, tagName);
-
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(val))
-            {
-                audio.AddPublishers(val.Split(new[] { '/', '|' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries));
-            }
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the genres from the tags collection
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/DTO/BaseItemDto.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/DTO/BaseItemDto.cs
index dd218b832..b4d6aecd9 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/DTO/BaseItemDto.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/DTO/BaseItemDto.cs
@@ -432,13 +432,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Dto
         /// <value>The overview HTML.</value>
         [ProtoMember(70)]
         public string OverviewHtml { get; set; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the publishers.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The publishers.</value>
-        [ProtoMember(71)]
-        public List<string> Publishers { get; set; }
         
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets a value indicating whether this instance can resume.
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Querying/ItemFields.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Querying/ItemFields.cs
index d693b5c53..30f62bf8f 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Querying/ItemFields.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Querying/ItemFields.cs
@@ -80,11 +80,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Querying
         /// The aspect ratio of the primary image
         /// </summary>
         PrimaryImageAspectRatio,
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The publishers
-        /// </summary>
-        Publishers,
         
         /// <summary>
         /// AirDays, status, SeriesName, etc