Kobalt Music Group In The News

$200m-backed Multimedia Music acquires music library of Hollywood film company Millennium Media

Multimedia Music says it has deployed over $150m on acquisitions since launching in late 2021

Rough Trade expands independent music retail business into Germany

Rough Trade Retail is part of the wider Rough Trade brand, which also includes Rough Trade Records

Hipgnosis’ Blackstone fund set to spend $440m buying 29 catalogs from Hipgnosis’ UK-listed fund; competitors have 40 days to try and outbid its offer.

Public fund is also looking to sell another 20,000 songs acquired from Kobalt Capital for $25 million

On… Deezer nuzzling up to Universal’s ‘artist-centric’ model, a potential mass deletion, and a controversial tweak (update)

It's been a big day in the music business – and it's raised a lot of possibilities...

Analysis Interviews

With $65m raised, can DICE satisfy its growth ambitions (even considering the colossal market power of Ticketmaster)?

Matt Pincus and Phil Hutcheon outline their view of the ticketing market to MBW

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

From Universal Music and YouTube’s AI partnership to BMI’s equity sale… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up

Five of the biggest headlines on MBW this week...

DICE raises $65m from investors including Matt Pincus, Willard Ahdritz and more

MUSIC CEO Matt Pincus will also join the DICE Board of Directors