News Kobalt Music Group in talks to sell majority stake to Francisco Partners, say MBW sources Francisco Partners acquired a majority stake in Native Instruments earlier this year
News Ben Katovsky joins Hipgnosis Song Management as President and COO News comes as Hipgnosis reportedly joins race to acquire Pink Floyd's back catalog
News Need a refresher on how music publishing works? Curve just launched Royalties 101 to help. Free, downloadable guide offers comprehensive lessons on all aspects of music publishing
News Fans can now pay to access their favorite artist’s music before it’s officially released on Audiomack Platform, with around 20 million monthly users, builds on its earlier Supporters feature with new tool for artists
Analysis News Beggars Group profits jumped 55% in 2021, as US rights to Adele’s first 3 albums reverted back to XL Recordings UK-based company turned over GBP £80 million last year
Analysis News Lamont Dozier: Universal Music Group, Motown, Hipgnosis, Sony Music Publishing pay tribute Major music industry names pay tribute to one of the greatest songwriters to emerge from the original Motown era
News Germany’s music publishing landscape transforms via €10m+ acquisition: Roba teams with fund to buy GERIG Deal includes many evergreen in the German market, plus carnival, pop hits and more
Analysis News Music’s bond adventure continues, as SESAC and Hipgnosis both launch nine-figure offerings SESAC used the money raised to buy Audio Network; Hipgnosis' bonds will be priced next week. Both deals involve Blackstone.
Analysis News Warner Music Group revenues up 12.1% in calendar Q2; recorded music streaming up 2.7% A mixed bag of results for Warner, but double-digit increase achieved nonetheless – even as ad-funded streaming growth slows
News Concord buys Native Tongue in eight-figure acquisition, expands in Australia and New Zealand Concord launches Concord Music Publishing ANZ following buyout of indie pubco
News Some music companies are nervous about a ‘challenging economic climate’. Believe just increased its FY revenue forecast for 2022. Believe's group revenue growth in H1 was up 35.4% YoY to €352.2 million.
News ONErpm launches global music publishing service, ONE Publishing, partnering with multiple PROs worldwide One Publishing launches globally for OneRPM clients across both premium and DIY services
News BMG buys Germany’s largest independent label, doubling its recorded music revenues in territory BMG says that deal 'redraws the map of the German music industry'
Analysis News Sir Lucian Grainge on Universal’s new deal with Meta – and his belief that investment banks don’t ‘have the skill-sets or ability to exploit music rights’ Grainge was joined by Michael Nash and Boyd Muir on a call with analysts last week
Analysis News Sony generated over $2bn from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q2; recorded music revenues were up 11.2% YoY Recorded music streaming revenues were up 7.9% YoY in the quarter, MBW calculates