Hipgnosis Songs Fund In The News

Merck Mercuriadis seems willing – currently – to trade in his ‘call option’ at Hipgnosis Songs Fund. So why is the company’s board offering to ‘bribe’ potential bidders with a £20 million bung in an attempt to offset it?

Yesterday, this saga took a turn for the bizarre

Sylvia Coleman steps down as Non-Exec Director of Hipgnosis Songs Fund

Coleman was appointed as a non-executive director in November 2019

As SoundCloud considers options for sale (or investment), it hires ex-Kobalt exec Tom Sansone as CFO and COO

Sansone, who reports to Eliah Seton at SoundCloud, brings more than 20 years of global financial and operational experience with him across tech and music industries.

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Universal Music UK’s Selina Webb and songwriter Carla Marie Williams awarded MBEs in New Year Honours list; Don Black, Paul Burger and more also recognized

Webb awarded MBE for services to the music industry, neurodiversity, and charity

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Hipgnosis Songs Fund like-for-like revenue up 14.0% YoY in 6 months to end of September; company’s portfolio now valued at $2.62 billion by Citrin Cooperman

Red Hot Chili Peppers catalog was UK-listed fund's biggest revenue generator in the period

Analysis

Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s board is concerned over Citrin Cooperman’s latest valuation of the company. What’s it going to do about it?

Hipgnosis Songs Fund delayed its results today. Why did it do it - and what does it really mean?

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Hipgnosis Songs Fund sells 20,000 songs for $23.1m

Hipgnosis has not confirmed the name of the buyer

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Nicki Minaj debuts on Roblox to promote ‘Pink Friday 2’ album via Karta deal

Metaverse studio Karta raised $1.1 million in July 2023