Concord In The News

Concord acquires Round Hill’s UK fund, after $469m sale was approved by latter firm’s shareholders last month

Deal includes over 150,000 songs and 51 catalogs

Google to invest up to $2bn in AI company Anthropic, which is currently being sued for copyright infringement by Universal Music Group

News of the investment was first reported by The Wall Street Journal on Friday (October 27)

Hipgnosis Songs Fund has been left concussed by ‘discontinuation’. But with a seemingly rock solid ‘call option’, Merck Mercuriadis still holds all the cards.

On: Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the all important 'call option', Blackstone, and the most likely outcome of this week's mess

Blatant Plagiarism? 5 key takeaways from Universal’s lyrics lawsuit against AI unicorn Anthropic

Lawsuit against AI company could prove to be a decisive moment in establishing the legal boundaries of artificial intelligence

TikTok sponsors Independent Label category as countdown to A&R Awards continues

Short-form video giant joints the party by backing super-competitive category at next month's big night

From Universal’s missing catalog on TikTok Music to Graham Nash’s catalog sale… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

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

AI company Anthropic recently secured up to $4bn in investment from Amazon. Now it’s being sued for copyright infringement by Universal Music Group.

The lawsuit claims that 'Anthropic profits richly from its infringement of Publishers’ repertoires and other copyright owners’ works'

Concord’s $469m acquisition of Round Hill’s UK fund overwhelmingly approved by latter firm’s shareholders

Vote was passed unanimously by 99% of those shareholders who voted