Kobalt Music Group In The News

Glassnote hires Alison Dannenberg Frost as Head of Sync and Licensing

Alison Dannenberg Frost joins indie label, Glassnote Records, as Head of Sync and Licensing. She will work out of their Los Angeles office.

Kobalt to launch NFT collection, becoming ‘first global music publisher to release a set of fully licensed direct-to-fan NFTs’

Music lyric NFT collection is called An Electro Revival, in collaboration with Ghanaian visual artist, Afroscope

Warner Music joins UMG in inking revenue-sharing deal with Facebook / Meta

Deal was confirmed by Warner Music CEO Steve Cooper during an earnings call

Music’s bond adventure continues, as SESAC and Hipgnosis both launch nine-figure offerings

SESAC used the money raised to buy Audio Network; Hipgnosis' bonds will be priced next week. Both deals involve Blackstone.

Sir Lucian Grainge on Universal’s new deal with Meta – and his belief that investment banks don’t ‘have the skill-sets or ability to exploit music rights’

Grainge was joined by Michael Nash and Boyd Muir on a call with analysts last week

From Meta losing Kobalt’s catalog to Universal’s $2.7bn in Q2… It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week - and why they matter

Lyrics platform Musixmatch secures strategic investment from TPG Growth

Founded in 2010, Musixmatch claims to have assembled the world’s largest lyrics catalog

Snapchat to pay DistroKid artists monthly grants up to $100,000 via new ‘Sounds’ creator fund

Snapchat now reaches over 600m monthly active users worldwide