KKR 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

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.

Interviews

‘The catalog acquisition business requires not just capital, but long-standing trust, reputation, and rapport.’

MBW's World Leaders series interviews Jangwon Lee, CEO of Korea-based catalog buying fund Beyond Music

News

Ryan Tedder calls Lindgren ‘the German wunderkind’. Now they’ve inked a partnership deal – as Lindgren renews his agreement with Sony Music Publishing

Deal expands long-standing relationship with SMP

News

JKBX, music royalty trading platform, will launch September 12, aiming to become ‘transformative force in music and investing’

Songs that will appear on the platform on day one will include a run of chart hits performed by artists like Beyoncé, Major Lazer, and Taylor Swift

News

Ashley Gorley’s Tape Room Music to sell over 350 songs to Red Light Ventures and Firebird Music under new partnership

Coran Capshaw inks deal with songwriter Gorley and his associates on behalf of Firebird and Red Light

Interviews

Concord has $550m in fresh funding, a recent expansion in Australasia and now a new CEO. What’s its next move?

Bob Valentine answers MBW's questions on his leadership plans and the state of the acquisitions marketplace

News

Firebird and D’Amelio family launch multi-million-dollar talent management venture (report)

Firebird was founded by former Ticketmaster exec Nathan Hubbard and ex-KKR partner Nat Zilkha