Mergers and Acquisitions

SOCAN's Toronto HQ   Content-identification company Audible Magic has acquired B2B digital-music platform MediaNet from the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN). SOCAN... Read More...

Photo Credit: Yurii Stupen Gibson acquires Mesa/Boogie in a new deal to bring the boutique amp maker under its umbrella. Mesa/Boogie was founded more than 51 years ago by Randy Smith, the original creator of... Read More...

Photo Credit: Derrick Treadwell Vector Capital’s planned acquisition of Muzak parent company Mood Media has officially closed. The San Francisco-based private equity firm announced last month that it would a... Read More...

VR startup MelodyVR has officially closed its over $70 million purchase of Napster. Napster parent company RealNetworks revealed the completion of the multimillion-dollar transaction – which was initially an... Read More...

Master P. Photo Credit: Mikamote Rapper-entrepreneur Master P and 15-season NBA veteran Baron Davis are reportedly looking to acquire Reebok in a $2.4 billion deal. Master P, whose full name is Percy Miller,... Read More...

Square, the Jack Dorsey led payments company, may be looking to acquire Jay-Z's Tidal. A report from Bloomberg late on Christmas Eve suggests Dorsey and Jay-Z have talked. The story's source refused to be na... Read More...

Photo Credit: Artlist Subscription music licensing platform Artlist has acquired digital assets marketplace Motion Array in a $65 million deal. Tel Aviv, Israel-based Artlist unveiled the multimillion-dollar... Read More...

Reddit Co-Founder and CEO Steve Huffman. Photo Credit: Cody Glenn/Web Summit Reddit has acquired short-form video-sharing platform – and TikTok rival – Dubsmash. Reddit and Dubsmash officials recently unveil... Read More...

Sony Music Entertainment has acquired Human Re-Sources, J. Erving's artist distribution and services company. Sony will merge the Los Angeles-based venture into The Orchard, its global independent music dist... Read More...

Shutterstock has acquired 'certain assets' from an AI-driven music creation company, Amper Music. Amper Music allows users to create and customize original music using over one million individual audio sampl... Read More...