Posts by Murray Stassen

‘What we’re building at Downtown has never been done before.’

Andrew Bergman and Justin Kalifowitz on Downtown Music Holdings, present and future...

Create Music Group acquires India-based distribution and rights management firm Nirvana Digital

Nirvana Digital says that it serves over 20 billion minutes of video each month

Anderson .Paak launches new record label APESHIT INC in collaboration with Universal Music Group

APESHIT INC. will be based in Los Angeles

AI-powered music-making Roblox game developer Splash raises $20m ‘to launch the next generation of superstars’

Funding round was co-led by Amazon’s Alexa Fund and BITKRAFT Ventures with participation from Khosla Ventures and King River Capital

FUGA inks global delivery platform services deal with Beggars Group

Downtown Music Holdings-owned B2B music distributor FUGA has struck a global delivery platform services deal with Beggars Group, one of the world’s leading independent music rights firms. UK-headquartered Beggars owns 50% stakes in labels such as XL Recordings, Matador and Rough Trade. It also owns 100% of 4AD, runs its own publishing company in Beggars … Continued

Tim & Danny Music and Warner Chappell strike exclusive global publishing deal with Sam Smith

Deal signifies first signing to come from Tim & Danny Music and Warner Chappell Music’s new long-term publishing partnership

Tempo Music buys majority stake in master recordings and compositions of two albums by Korn

Company has also acquired the perpetual license (income stream) for the band’s MTV Unplugged album

From Universal’s first public financials to UnitedMasters’ $550 valuation: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up

The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter

David Bowie estate in talks to sell catalog for $200m (report)

Will music's next rights mega-deal be for David Bowie's catalog?

Utopia Music acquires Lyric Financial, expands into the US

Lyric Financial has advanced over $100 million worth of royalties to artists

TuneCore strikes partnership with Peloton Music

TuneCore to start distributing artists' music to Peloton Music

UnitedMasters valued at $550m, after raising $50m in new funding round

Round was led by Andreessen Horowitz

Post Malone manager Dre London launches new record label, London Music Group

London is launching the label in partnership with music technology platform Vydia

Is 300 Entertainment up for sale at $400m?

300 Entertainment is one of the most successful modern independent labels in the United States

Universal Music Group joins WIPO for Creators as first corporate sponsor

WIPO for Creators is a public-private partnership supporting IP rights for creators across the arts