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Licensing Platform Songtradr Purchases Bandcamp — and Draws an Investment — From Epic Games

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Vivendi Reportedly Preparing To Sell See Tickets and Festivals Including Love Supreme

Dylan Smith
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Concord Acquires Mojo Music & Media Following Nearly $500 Million Round Hill Song Fund Buyout

Dylan Smith
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Songtradr Is Now the Largest Shareholder in Publicly-Listed Tech Company Jaxsta (ASX: JXT)

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Hipgnosis Songs Fund Proposes $465 Million in Catalog Sales Amid Stock Price Woes — Cashing Out of Shakira, L.A. Reid, Barry Manilow, and Nelly IP

Dylan Smith
September 14, 2023
Photo Credit: Hipgnosis Songs Fund Having grappled with a less-than-ideal stock price for some time, Hipgnosis Songs Fund (LON: SONG) has teed up the sale of nearly $500 million worth of catalogs to fund an e... Read More...

DistroKid Acquires Bandzoogle — Adding Crowdfunding, Mailing Lists, Subscriptions, and Other Direct-to-Fan Tools to Its Platform

Dylan Smith
September 13, 2023
DistroKid has acquired music-focused website builder Bandzoogle, through which artists are said to have sold north of $112 million worth of releases, merch, and tickets to date. Digital Music News received w... Read More...
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Round Hill Music Acquires Neighboring Rights Agency Rident Royalties, Aims To ‘Provide Mainstream Clarity on One of the Least Understood Revenue Streams’

Dylan Smith
September 13, 2023
Round Hill Music has acquired Rident Royalties and folded the entity into its Sound Hill neighboring rights division, which counts as clients Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale (pictured). Photo Credit: Round... Read More...

Exceleration Music Acquires Redeye Worldwide, Doubles Down on ‘Strategy To Strengthen the Independent Community’

Dylan Smith
September 8, 2023
The Steep Canyon Rangers (pictured) have released several albums via Redeye's Yep Roc, which is included in the acquisition deal announced by Exceleration Music. Photo Credit: Stacyclaude Indie-focused invest... Read More...

$468.8 Million Deal: Concord Is Acquiring the Entirety of Round Hills UK-Listed Royalty Fund

Raha Ali
September 8, 2023
Photo Credit: Maklay62 Round Hill Music Royalty Fund (RHM) revealed it has agreed to a cash takeover offer from Los Angeles-based Alchemy Copyrights --- which trades as Concord. On Friday, Round Hill Music (... Read More...
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CAA Officially Sells to François-Henri Pinault’s Artémis: ‘We Look Forward to Supporting the Agency’s Very Bright Path Ahead’

Dylan Smith
September 7, 2023
The long-anticipated CAA sale has been formally announced. Photo Credit: Cytonn Photography François-Henri Pinault’s long-rumored multibillion-dollar Creative Artists Agency (CAA) purchase has officially clos... Read More...
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One Media iP Announces Deal for ‘Licensor’s Income Share’ of 15,000-Track Catalog — Including Works Performed by Ray Charles, Dean Martin, and More

Dylan Smith
September 5, 2023
A live performance from Ray Charles, who's said to have performed some of the works in the 'Entertain Me' catalog. Photo Credit: Victor Diaz Lamich Days after inking an expanded distribution deal with Sony Mu... Read More...
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CAA Reportedly Nears $7 Billion Sale Agreement With French Billionaire François-Henri Pinault

Dylan Smith
August 31, 2023
CAA-repped Aerosmith performing live. Photo Credit: David W. Baker A little over six weeks ago, Bloomberg reported that French billionaire François-Henri Pinault was in “advanced” talks to buy Creative Artist... Read More...

ASCAP Rips BMI Over For-Profit Model, Reported Sales Talks: ‘Private Equity Never Wrote An Iconic Love Song’

Dylan Smith
August 30, 2023
Singer-songwriter Sharon Anne. Photo Credit: Sincerely Media As Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) reportedly continues to explore a sale, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has ripped... Read More...

Universal Music Group Acquires UAE-Based Chabaka Music, Its Second Major Move In The Fast-Growing MENA Region

Raha Ali
August 30, 2023
Photo Credit: Universal Music Group UMG has acquired Chabaka Music, a digitally-focused music marketing and distribution agency that provides services in the Middle East and North Africa — the MENA region. U... Read More...

Reservoir, PopArabia Target Egypt Expansion With RE Media and El Sawareekh Catalog Deals

Dylan Smith
August 23, 2023
Cairo, Egypt. Photo Credit: Jack Krier Reservoir (NASDAQ: RSVR) and MENA publisher PopArabia have moved to bolster their presence in Egypt with the acquisition of a portion of Cairo-based RE Media’s catalog a... Read More...
round hill linus entertainment deal

Round Hill Acquires Geoff Kulawick-Founded Linus Entertainment — Including 20,000+ Masters from Gordon Lightfoot, Big Wreck, and Others

Dylan Smith
August 22, 2023
The Linus Entertainment catalog includes multiple works from legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot (pictured), who passed away in May. Photo Credit: Carl Dunn/Round Hill Two weeks removed from... Read More...
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