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With Major Labels Alone Taking a 70% Cut on YouTube Premium Royalties, Internet Creators Guild Shuts Down

GoDigital Pumps $40 Million Into Cinq Music for an Even Bigger IP Shopping Spree

August 13, 2019

The time to purchase massive amounts of music-related IP is now. Hipgnosis isn't the only one making massive bets on music IP. Just this morning, GoDigital Media Group pumped $40 million into its subsidiary... Read More...

Hipgnosis Songs Fund Acquires Benny Blanco’s Hit-Heavy Catalog

Ashley King

August 7, 2019

Hipgnosis Songs Fund has acquired copyright ownership to a large number of songs in Benny Blanco's catalog. Hipgnosis now has 100% copyright ownership to 93 songs, which have been streamed over 10 billion ti... Read More...

FIX Delivers a Much-Needed Music Rewards System

Paul Resnikoff

July 9, 2019

FIX, from Toronto-based Fan Integrated Experiences LTD, has crossed the half-a-million mark on a reinvented music rewards concept. The problem — which is where a lot of entrepreneurs and investors begin — is... Read More...

Following Plagiarism Fiasco, Canadian Government Provides Funding for Embattled LyricFind

Daniel Sanchez

July 4, 2019

Several weeks ago, popular lyrics platform Genius caught LyricFind “red-handed.” The Canadian website had provided Google with lyrics stolen outright from Genius. This came three years after the search gi... Read More...

Social Community Music Startup Unitea Raises $2.3 Million in Funding

Daniel Sanchez

July 2, 2019

Unitea has confirmed a new fundraising round. The social music community app has raised $2.3 million in the startup’s latest investment round. Unitea raised $200,000 in its first investment round five yea... Read More...

Swedish Production Music Startup Epidemic Sound Raises $20 Million, Lifting Its Valuation to $370 Million

Daniel Sanchez

July 1, 2019

Epidemic Sound has announced a fundraising milestone. The Swedish production music startup has raised $20 million. Investors include DS Asset Management, a Korean firm, and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB ... Read More...

Hipgnosis Acquires Ari Levine's Catalog as One Media iP Acquires Cole Taylor's Catalog

Hipgnosis Says Its Monster Bets Are Already Paying Off: “There’s More Evidence to Back Our Thesis”

Marsha Silva

June 25, 2019

Hipgnosis is paying 10X — or more — on hit-heavy songwriter catalogs. Just months later, the company says its bets are already paying off. Hipgnosis, the UK-based song-rights investment company, is already ... Read More...

Snoop Dogg-Backed Cameo Raises $50 Million to Send Personalized Celebrity Greetings

Marsha Silva

June 25, 2019

Cameo, a Chicago-based startup that allows users to purchase video messages from prominent actors, athletes, celebrities, and musicians, just received a whopping $50 million in series B funding from Kleiner P... Read More...

Eldorado Purchases Struggling Caesars Entertainment for $17.3 Billion

Daniel Sanchez

June 24, 2019

Eldorado Resorts has agreed to purchase its much-larger rival, Caesars Entertainment. The overall cash-and-stock deal is valued at $17.3 billion. The acquisition includes Caesars’ debt. Eldorado will acq... Read More...

Hipgnosis Acquires Sam Hollander’s Music Catalog

Daniel Sanchez

June 12, 2019

Another day, another purchase for Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis Songs Fund. Following two successful funding rounds – $260 million last summer and $185 million in an oversubscribed round last month – Hipgnosi... Read More...

Apple Music May Be Worth $15-$20 Billion Alone

Daniel Sanchez

June 12, 2019

Just how much is Apple Music worth exactly? According to one analyst, Apple’s music streaming platform may be more successful than the Cupertino company has let on. In a note published yesterday, Evercore... Read More...

Hipgnosis Confirms Yet Another Songwriter Catalog Acquisition — Michael Knox

Daniel Sanchez

June 11, 2019

American producer Michael Knox. Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis Songs Fund has scored yet another critical catalog. Hipgnosis has been on the move this year. Mercuriadis’ music IP company has acquired stakes... Read More...

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GoDigital Pumps $40 Million Into Cinq Music for an Even Bigger IP Shopping Spree

Hipgnosis Songs Fund Acquires Benny Blanco’s Hit-Heavy Catalog

FIX Delivers a Much-Needed Music Rewards System

Following Plagiarism Fiasco, Canadian Government Provides Funding for Embattled LyricFind

Swedish Production Music Startup Epidemic Sound Raises $20 Million, Lifting Its Valuation to $370 Million

Hipgnosis Says Its Monster Bets Are Already Paying Off: “There’s More Evidence to Back Our Thesis”

Snoop Dogg-Backed Cameo Raises $50 Million to Send Personalized Celebrity Greetings

Eldorado Purchases Struggling Caesars Entertainment for $17.3 Billion

Hipgnosis Acquires Sam Hollander’s Music Catalog

Apple Music May Be Worth $15-$20 Billion Alone

Hipgnosis Confirms Yet Another Songwriter Catalog Acquisition — Michael Knox