Downtown Music Holdings In The News

Ella Fitzgerald Estate signs with Downtown Neighbouring Rights

Deal covers global performance royalty collections outside of the US

KKR buys majority stake in Ryan Tedder catalog, marking investment giant’s return to music rights ownership

KKR says the Tedder catalog spans nearly 500 songs, covering both "music publishing and recorded music rights"

Dewayne Ector named Chief Revenue Officer at Downtown

He was previously Global Head of Partner Relations and Income Tracking for Songtrust

‘The youth in Africa are ready to jump the digital divide, they just need to have access and the right price point.’

Sheer Music Publishing founder David Alexander on the industry landscape in South Africa, and across the African continent

FUGA partners with Japanese firm Space Shower Networks to form digital music distribution JV

New venture, SPACE SHOWER FUGA, will launch in Spring 2021

Songtrust and Secretly Publishing ink new administrative partnership

Songtrust will administer the publisher’s full catalog for the world outside of the US and Canada

Downtown buys music catalog of Sia collaborator Chris Braide

Deal covers Braide’s Sia co-writes including Big Girls Cry, Helium, Flames, Unstoppable and others

Downtown buys catalog of Motown legend Mickey Stevenson, including Martha Reeves hit Dancing In The Street

Deal covers Motown songs including Dancing In The Street, Stubborn Kind of Fellow and Devil With the Blue Dress