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Alliance Entertainment Completes SPAC Merger, Sets Sights on ‘Acquiring and Integrating Competitors’

February 13, 2023

Last summer, Alliance Entertainment announced plans to execute a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger. Now, despite the SPAC sector’s relative collapse, the deal has officially wrapped. Allianc... Read More...

Vivendi shareholders approve plan for UMG IPO

Vanguard Ups Warner Music Stake to 10.4 Million Shares As Robert Kyncl Takes Over — 7.6% of the Company

Dylan Smith

February 10, 2023

Vanguard Group now owns more than 10.42 million shares in Warner Music Group (NASDAQ: WMG), or 7.6 percent of the company, according to a newly submitted Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosure. ... Read More...

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Madison Square Garden Entertainment Confirms Live Division Spinoff Plans, Targets March Completion

Dylan Smith

February 10, 2023

Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSG Entertainment) has officially confirmed plans to spin off its live division by March’s end. MSG Entertainment (NYSE: MSGE) doubled down on the spinoff timetable in i... Read More...

Activist Investor ValueAct Capital Takes Strong Position in Spotify Following Programming Cuts, Layoffs

Dylan Smith

February 10, 2023

ValueAct Capital Management has officially invested in Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) as the Stockholm-based company looks to rein in costs and achieve profitability. 23-year-old ValueAct Capital’s CEO, Mason Morfit, ... Read More...

Spotify Stock (SPOT) Remains Above $120 Amid Bullish Analyst Expectations

Ashley King

February 7, 2023

Bullish analyst sentiments are helping to keep the Spotify (SPOT) stock price above $120. Analysts at Wells Fargo and Atlantic Equities have lifted SPOT to 'Overweight.' Wells Fargo analysts raised their pri... Read More...

JKBX Says It ‘Has Over $1.7 Billion in Music Rights Exclusively Secured,’ With $4 Billion Expected by 2023’s End

Dylan Smith

February 6, 2023

JKBX (pronounced “jukebox”) has announced a partnership with market maker GTS Securities and revealed that it “currently has over $1.7 billion in music rights exclusively secured” – a figure that’s expected t... Read More...

Spotify Stock (NYSE: SPOT) Has Surged by 22% This Week Despite Huge Q4 Loss

Dylan Smith

February 2, 2023

Although Spotify reported a €231 million Q4 2022 operating loss earlier this week, its shares have rebounded by north of 20 percent since the performance analysis released. During today’s trading hours, the... Read More...

Spotify Stock Rebounds Past $100 Per Share Following Layoffs Announcement

Dylan Smith

January 24, 2023

The per-share price of Spotify stock (NYSE: SPOT) has rebounded past $100 for the first time since September, after the Stockholm-based company announced plans to trim its workforce by about six percent. Wh... Read More...

The Music Industry Layoff Tracker — A List of the Companies Impacted So Far

Ashley King

January 23, 2023

As the economy slows and consumers ease spending, the music industry has seen a massive reversal in the tech sector hiring spree that surged during the pandemic. Here's what to know. In the last month alone,... Read More...

Events.com secures capital commitment from global emerging markets

Events.com Secures $100M Capital Commitment From Global Emerging Markets

Ashley King

January 8, 2023

Events.com secures a $100 million capital commitment from Global Emerging Markets. Events.com has announced that it has secured a capital commitment of $100 million in the form of a Share Subscription Facili... Read More...

Activist Investor and Former Atlantic Exec Fails to Gain Warner Music Board Seat — But Presses Forward With Sexual Misconduct Suit

Dylan Smith

January 4, 2023

Warner Music Group (NASDAQ: WMG) activist investor Dorothy Carvello has failed to secure a seat on WMG's board, but is pressing forward with a sexual misconduct lawsuit. Outlets including the Financial Time... Read More...

Hipgnosis Stock Has Fallen By About 32% During 2022 — What Does 2023 Have In Store?

Dylan Smith

December 30, 2022

Hipgnosis stock (SONG on the London Stock Exchange) has suffered an approximately 32 percent valuation falloff since 2022’s beginning. But the high-profile entity’s market cap remains above £1 billion, and fi... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

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What Politicians Could Learn from the Music Business: A Midterm Election Primer

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Music Collab Platform Chaos Secures $1.4 Million in Startup Capital, With Amuse Among the Backers

Live Marketing Platform Hive Secures $27 Million Investment

The Supreme Court Just Threw a Wrench Into The Music Industry’s Copyright Cash Machine

DJ Reinier Zonneveld Raises a $1 Million Pre-Seed for GasLab, a GenAI Music App That Actually Prioritizes Paying Musicians

Alliance Entertainment Completes SPAC Merger, Sets Sights on ‘Acquiring and Integrating Competitors’

Vanguard Ups Warner Music Stake to 10.4 Million Shares As Robert Kyncl Takes Over — 7.6% of the Company

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Confirms Live Division Spinoff Plans, Targets March Completion

Activist Investor ValueAct Capital Takes Strong Position in Spotify Following Programming Cuts, Layoffs

Spotify Stock (SPOT) Remains Above $120 Amid Bullish Analyst Expectations

JKBX Says It ‘Has Over $1.7 Billion in Music Rights Exclusively Secured,’ With $4 Billion Expected by 2023’s End

Spotify Stock (NYSE: SPOT) Has Surged by 22% This Week Despite Huge Q4 Loss

Spotify Stock Rebounds Past $100 Per Share Following Layoffs Announcement

The Music Industry Layoff Tracker — A List of the Companies Impacted So Far

Events.com Secures $100M Capital Commitment From Global Emerging Markets

Activist Investor and Former Atlantic Exec Fails to Gain Warner Music Board Seat — But Presses Forward With Sexual Misconduct Suit

Hipgnosis Stock Has Fallen By About 32% During 2022 — What Does 2023 Have In Store?