Hipgnosis Songs Fund In The News

Merck Mercuriadis buys again, as Hipgnosis snaps up Giorgio Tuinfort catalog

“Giorgio is arguably the most underrated hit songwriter of the last 20 years."

Hipgnosis Songs acquires 100% of Tricky Stewart music catalog

Tricky co-wrote Rihanna’s Umbrella and Beyoncé’s Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)

Hipgnosis buys music catalog from British songwriting team TMS

TMS have written No.1 hits for the likes of Jess Glynne and Little Mix

Hipgnosis Songs Fund buys 37.5% stake in the music catalog of Chic co-founder Bernard Edwards

The catalog includes 290 songs including Dance, Dance, Dance, Everybody Dance and Le Freak

Merck Mercuriadis Fund buys 100% of Poo Bear catalog for undisclosed sum

The catalog includes What Do You Mean?, which has sold over 14m copies

Platoon expands into South Africa with the development of Cape Town Creative Lab

Six artists offered recording facilities, access to creative talent and industry execs

Merck Mercuriadis wants to raise a billion dollars. And then he wants to change the face of the music business.

The veteran manager tells MBW why hes raising such vast sums of money to buy copyrights

Spotify is worth more than $33bn, as stock price hits another all-time high

Market value of Pandora has also soared over the past three months