Goldman Sachs In The News

How Sony’s $6bn+ M&A splurge has set the pace for music acquisitions over the past decade

Rob Stringer claimed last month that Sony has outstripped spending at other major companies

Breakr, a Nas-backed startup with $9m raised to date, wants to ‘democratize’ music marketing with its AI-driven tech platform

Breakr provides software and infrastructure for labels and artists to connect directly with influencers.

From price hikes at Spotify to Warner’s major new hire… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

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

Warner Music Group poaches Goldman Sachs’ Michael Ryan-Southern to lead global M&A

Widely respected finance executive to join WMG

Universal Music Group sees a future where 1 in 5 streamers pays for a ‘super-premium’ tier (and 3 other things we learned from UMG’s Q1 earnings call)

MBW listened into UMG's Q1 earnings call. Here are a few things that stood out...

PAI Partners takes majority stake in professional audio equipment maker Audiotonix

A news report suggests the deal for Audiotonix is worth nearly GBP £2 billion.

StubHub eyes late summer IPO, targeting $16.5B valuation (report)

The viagogo-owned ticket resales company has accumulated more than $2 billion in debt

SESAC Music Group promotes Rose Cook to COO, Music Services; Monica Hertz to Senior Director, Operations

The new appointments are part of SESAC's expansion of its Music Services division