BMG In The News

Confirmed: Kobalt sells catalog to new KKR venture, Chord, for $1.1 billion

Chord brings together KKR with Dundee Partners, the investment office of the Hendel family

Official: Blackstone is investing $1 billion in music rights via Merck Mercuriadis and Hipgnosis… and there could be billions more on the way.

Blackstone tells MBW "this is just the start" and that its ambition in music is "much more substantial"

Another $50m+ music deal, as Primary Wave buys stake in Bing Crosby estate

He has sold close to 1 billion records worldwide

Kobalt is selling a music catalog for $1 billion – and KKR is in prime position to buy it

The Kobalt fund owns songs by the likes of The Weeknd, Lorde, and Major Lazer

From the rise of the investment giants to Adele’s return: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up

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

Here. Come. The. Giants.

Blackstone x Hipgnosis; KKR; Apollo Global Management. They're all in.

5 Seconds of Summer sign global record deal with BMG to release new album

The band have sold over 2.5 million concert ticket and amassed over 8 billion streams

BMG buys bundle of Tina Turner rights in music’s latest big-money deal

Deal includes artist’s share of her recordings, plus Turner's music publishing writer’s share