Concord In The News

Jill Weindorf and Joe Dent promoted to Executive Vice President roles at Concord Label Group

The move is one of the first under newly appointed Chief Executive of Concord Label Group Tom Becci

PULSE Music forms ‘music publishing creative joint venture’ with Jon Bellion’s Beautiful Mind

Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Elijah Noll is the first artist signed to the joint venture.

Blackstone launches $1.57 billion bid for Hipgnosis Songs Fund; HSF board recommends offer to shareholders

With debt taken into account, Blackstone's latest offer values HSF at approximately USD $2.177 billion

From the bidding war for Hipgnosis Songs Fund to ByteDance’s battle for TikTok in the US… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…

Music industry veteran Richard Stumpf launches Hawkeye Music Publishing

New company has named Round Hill Music as a strategic partner

After Concord bids $1.511bn for Hipgnosis Songs Fund, Blackstone tells HSF shareholders: Don’t move a muscle, we’ll be right back

It's all about those "irreovcables"...

Concord isn’t giving up on Hipgnosis Songs Fund, as it bids $1.51 billion – less than 1% higher than Blackstone’s proposed offer

HSF's board is unanimously recommending this offer to shareholders

Hipgnosis Song Management rubbishes criticism over its service to Hipgnosis Songs Fund – while warning it and Blackstone will deploy ‘all means necessary’ should HSF attempt to terminate its deal

It basically says... Hey, HSF board – don't even think about firing us. But just in case you do, know that Blackstone will come down on you like a ton of bricks.