Hipgnosis Songs Fund In The News

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Hipgnosis Songs Fund shareholders vote in favor of giving £20m ‘bung’ to bidders on its catalog

Decision could result in multiple companies each being paid £20 million by UK-listed fund

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Downtown, Hipgnosis and NMPA rally behind Universal Music Group in its fight with TikTok

Andrew Bergman, David Israelite, Merck Mercuriadis all publicly support UMG's position

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Merck Mercuriadis to exit CEO role at Hipgnosis Song Management, becoming Chairman; Ben Katovsky promoted to Chief Executive of company

HSM, which has approximately $3 billion-worth of assets under management, counts Blackstone as a majority investor

Analysis

Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s Chairman is determined to abolish Merck Mercuriadis’ ‘call option’. He was less bothered when Round Hill Music Royalty Fund’s investment manager had a near-identical clause.

A tale of two call options...

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Former Hipgnosis exec Tom Stingemore launches new platform, ALLOY, to streamline sync licensing

“Sync is arguably the last area of the music industry to be modernized,” Tom Stingemore says

Analysis 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

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

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

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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.