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Warner Music Group Is Putting Its IPO on Ice — For Obvious Reasons

March 2, 2020

Warner Music Group owner Len Blavatnik was smart enough to spark a public offering last month — and wise enough to put it on ice this week. Blavatnik, the Ukrainian-born billionaire who presciently purchased... Read More...

BTS Label Big Hit Entertainment Is Rapidly Moving Forward With IPO Plans

Marsha Silva

February 26, 2020

It seems that BTS label Big Hit Entertainment will be going public much sooner than anticipated. After being valued at over $1 billion last summer (a figure that, though impressive at the time, has since be... Read More...

Who Says Warner Music Gets to Have All the Fun? Universal Music Group Says They’re Also Going Public

Paul Resnikoff

February 13, 2020

According to the just-released earnings report from Vivendi, a French media conglomerate and the parent company of Universal Music Group, UMG will initiate a Wall Street IPO sometime within the next three yea... Read More...

Warner Music Group Is Going Public (Again) — Official IPO Paperwork Filed

Paul Resnikoff

February 6, 2020

Warner Music Group is returning to Wall Street, according to SEC paperwork filed this morning. A 'Form S-1 Registration Statement' has officially been lodged with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commissio... Read More...

AirPods, iPhone 11 Sales Propel Apple’s Quarterly Earnings to All-Time High of $91.8 Billion

Paul Resnikoff

January 28, 2020

During the first quarter of Apple’s fiscal year, which ended on December 28th, 2019, revenues jumped nine percent from the same period in 2018, to an all-time high of $91.8 billion. Additionally, Apple’s di... Read More...

Tiktok Owner ByteDance Says ‘Absolutely Zero Truth’ to Report It Plans to Go Public

Marsha Silva

October 29, 2019

The owner of the popular video app TikTok has denied a report that it is planning to file an IPO. The report came from the Financial Times, which indicated that TikTok's parent ByteDance would be filing an i... Read More...

Deezer CEO: We'll Buy SoundCloud 'At the Right Price'

Deezer Might Have an IPO In the Next 12-15 Months, CEO Says

Paul Resnikoff

October 14, 2019

Hans-Holger Albrecht, who is the CEO of the music streaming service Deezer, once again signaled his plans for an IPO. He says that the company will go public sometime in the next 12-18 months, with the exact... Read More...

Music Industry Nemesis Peloton Raises $1.16 Billion In Its IPO — Then Crashes Hard

Marsha Silva

September 27, 2019

You can feel the schadenfreude emanating from the offices of major music publishers. On Thursday, Peloton, which is an exercise equipment and media company that has been embroiled in a contentious lawsuit wi... Read More...

Endeavor Abruptly Pulls Its Wall Street IPO at the 11th Hour

Marsha Silva

September 27, 2019

Endeavor, one of the largest and most powerful talent agencies in the world, has withdrawn its planned IPO. The company was due to go public on the New York Stock Exchange on the 27th of September, but it abr... Read More...

Endeavor Aims to Raise $700MM+ In Its Upcoming IPO

Marsha Silva

September 16, 2019

Earlier today, Endeavor Group Holdings, which controls one of Hollywood's biggest talent agencies, announced the price of its initial public offering (IPO). Updated: Endeavor has clarified that On Location E... Read More...

Tencent Music Entertainment Q2 Earnings Disappoint Wall Street

Paul Resnikoff

August 13, 2019

Why is Wall Street so unhappy with Tencent Music Entertainment? Despite the fact that revenues surpassed estimates — having come in at 10 cents per share, more than the nine cents per share that experts expe... Read More...

Live Nation Shows Off Healthy Q2 2019 Earnings — And Says Smaller Artist Tours Are Booming

Marsha Silva

July 26, 2019

Live Nation has posted encouraging Q2 2019 profits — and Wall Street is taking notice. Having secured earnings equal to $.41 per share during the second quarter of 2019, Live Nation was able to top the $.39 ... Read More...

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Warner Music Group Is Putting Its IPO on Ice — For Obvious Reasons

BTS Label Big Hit Entertainment Is Rapidly Moving Forward With IPO Plans

Who Says Warner Music Gets to Have All the Fun? Universal Music Group Says They’re Also Going Public

Warner Music Group Is Going Public (Again) — Official IPO Paperwork Filed

AirPods, iPhone 11 Sales Propel Apple’s Quarterly Earnings to All-Time High of $91.8 Billion

Tiktok Owner ByteDance Says ‘Absolutely Zero Truth’ to Report It Plans to Go Public

Deezer Might Have an IPO In the Next 12-15 Months, CEO Says

Music Industry Nemesis Peloton Raises $1.16 Billion In Its IPO — Then Crashes Hard

Endeavor Abruptly Pulls Its Wall Street IPO at the 11th Hour

Endeavor Aims to Raise $700MM+ In Its Upcoming IPO

Tencent Music Entertainment Q2 Earnings Disappoint Wall Street

Live Nation Shows Off Healthy Q2 2019 Earnings — And Says Smaller Artist Tours Are Booming