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Hipgnosis Songs Fund Raises a Cool $185 MM in an Oversubscribed Round

April 12, 2019

Merck Meruciadis Merck Mercuriadis' Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd (HSFL) has announced a new round of funding with gross proceeds of $185m (£141.5m). Mercuriadis raised over $260m (£200m) in the first round of fu... Read More...

7digital Death Watch — Company Warns Against Raising Desperately-Needed Capital

Daniel Sanchez

April 10, 2019

Last month, 7digital abruptly put an end to its partnership with German company, MediaMarktSaturn. After months of negotiations, Juke, a MediaMrktSaturn-owned streaming music service, agreed to pay the UK-ba... Read More...

African Digital Service Boomplay Secures $20 Million in Funding

Daniel Sanchez

April 5, 2019

Boomplay continues its rapid growth in Africa. Boomplay has remained pretty successful over in Africa. Late last year, the major African streaming music and download services unveiled a multi-year licensi... Read More...

What Bankruptcy? iHeartMedia Discreetly Files for IPO

Daniel Sanchez

April 3, 2019

iHeartMedia’s IPO could perform decently. But will the company’s top executives run the company into the ground once more? Two years ago, iHeartMedia faced a massive problem. Saddled with around $20.6 bil... Read More...

Drake Invests In Yet Another E-Sports Startup — Players’ Lounge

Ashley King

April 1, 2019

Drake is no stranger to the eSports world, but he's taking it beyond being a Fortnite player. Last year, he invested heavily in the eSports start-up 100 Thieves. Now, he's taking that a step further with o... Read More...

Drawing a Swift Rebuke from Writers, Endeavor Plans to Go Public by the End of This Year

Daniel Sanchez

April 1, 2019

Not everyone’s happy about Endeavor’s IPO. According to a new report, Endeavor, the parent company of WME, a 'Big Four' talent agency, has prepared to go public later this year. Other Big Four companies i... Read More...

Warner Music Group Leads $2 Million Funding Round for Nashville Startup Artiphon

Daniel Sanchez

March 28, 2019

Warner Music Group’s Artiphon backing marks an interesting diversification. Artiphon wants to encourage children to pick up a musical instrument and try it out. To do so, the Nashville-based startup provi... Read More...

Sync Licensing Marketplace Songtradr Secures $12 Million in Funding

Daniel Sanchez

March 21, 2019

Songtradr continues its global expansion, with ambitions to transform a fragmented sync licensing industry. Last year, global sync licensing marketplace Songtradr confirmed a major fundraising round. The ... Read More...

Tencent Music Shares Dip 8% Following Disappointing Q4 2018 Financials

Tencent Music Shares Dip 8% Following a Monstrous $127 Million Quarterly Loss

Daniel Sanchez

March 20, 2019

Tencent Music Entertainment continues to grow, but after receiving bad news yesterday, investors punished the company’s stock. Several days ago, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) shares reached an all-time h... Read More...

Music Creation Platform Splice Raises a Whopping $57.5 Million In Series C Funding

Ashley King

March 20, 2019

Splice's monster round comes alongside a serious expansion. Alongside the funding, Splice has also hired three experienced executives. Chris Acquaviva, former CFO at Marvel Entertainment, is now jumping a... Read More...

Five Major South Korean Entertainment Companies Lose Nearly 18% of Their Market Value Following Sex Abuse Scandals

Daniel Sanchez

March 20, 2019

South Korean boy-band group Big Bang. Investors aren’t too happy with Korean entertainment companies following multiple sex abuse scandals. Last week, multiple sex abuse scandals rocked the Korean music indu... Read More...

Chess Club Records Scores Investment from Red Light Management and a New Deal with Kobalt’s AWAL

Daniel Sanchez

March 14, 2019

Founders Peter McGaughrin & Will Street. Chess Club Records has scored a partnership with Red Light Management and AWAL. Chess Club Records has confirmed a new milestone in its short 12-year history. ... Read More...

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Muso Announces $3.89 Million Raise, Identifies ‘25% Increase In Digital Piracy’ During 2022’s First Half

Music NFT Platform OneOf Closes $8 Million Round Despite 2022’s ‘Crypto Winter’

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Creative Intell, An ‘AI-Powered Music Industry Dealmaking Platform,’ Announces $3 Million Seed Round

Hipgnosis Songs Fund Raises a Cool $185 MM in an Oversubscribed Round

7digital Death Watch — Company Warns Against Raising Desperately-Needed Capital

African Digital Service Boomplay Secures $20 Million in Funding

What Bankruptcy? iHeartMedia Discreetly Files for IPO

Drake Invests In Yet Another E-Sports Startup — Players’ Lounge

Drawing a Swift Rebuke from Writers, Endeavor Plans to Go Public by the End of This Year

Warner Music Group Leads $2 Million Funding Round for Nashville Startup Artiphon

Sync Licensing Marketplace Songtradr Secures $12 Million in Funding

Tencent Music Shares Dip 8% Following a Monstrous $127 Million Quarterly Loss

Music Creation Platform Splice Raises a Whopping $57.5 Million In Series C Funding

Five Major South Korean Entertainment Companies Lose Nearly 18% of Their Market Value Following Sex Abuse Scandals

Chess Club Records Scores Investment from Red Light Management and a New Deal with Kobalt’s AWAL