BMG In The News

From Sony’s big merch move to Hipgnosis buying Kenny Chesney’s royalties: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter

Massarsky Consulting, which valued music assets worth over $6.5 billion last year, has been acquired by Citrin Cooperman

Barry Massarsky founded Massarsky Consulting in 1992 – now he and Nari Matsuura are joining Citrin Cooperman

Sentric expands into the US, hires Simon Perry as President and Head of A&R, North America

Move marks publisher’s full entry into US market

From BMG’s alliance with investment firm Pimco, to Sir Lucian Grainge’s 2022 message: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter

Pimco, one of the world’s biggest investment firms, turns its attention to music rights

Pimco strikes alliance with BMG to jointly acquire song copyrights

At least $5 billion was spent on music rights acquisitions in 2021. Could 2022 be even bigger?

MBW rifles back through our 2021 headlines to get a grip on just how huge a year it was for music rights buyouts

From WMG’s $250m David Bowie deal to catalog claiming 82% of the US market: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter

Now John Legend sells: BMG and KKR buy catalog from All Of Me hitmaker

Deal was executed in September last year, according to regulatory filing