Kobalt Music Group In The News

From Sting selling his song catalog to the majors generating $20bn last year: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter

Sony Music’s $430m buyout of AWAL provisionally cleared by UK competition watchdog

UK’s Competition and Markets Authority gives provisional decision – and it's good news for Sony

KKR bought a music catalog from Kobalt for $1.1bn. Now it’s turning it into bonds.

Kroll looks set to give offering an 'A' rating, as the growing financialization of music continues

Emily Bines promoted to Vice President, Creative at Kobalt

'Emily embodies Kobalt’s global creative ethos,' says Chief Creative Officer, Sas Metcalfe

Juice WRLD and Nick Mira named biggest artist-songwriter and songwriter in the US in Q4 2021, on the NMPA Gold & Platinum Program (based on RIAA certifications)

In partnership with the RIAA’s Gold & Platinum Program, NMPA finds and certifies the songwriters and publishers of RIAA-certified singles

Kobalt founder Willard Ahdritz invests in $200m fund set up to back African tech start-ups

The fund's founding parter is Niklas Adalberth’s non-profit Norrsken Foundation

Beggars Group inks licensing deal with music licensing platform Adaptr

The deal provides Adaptr access to Beggars' catalog of artists

With 11bn streams to date and annual revenues of $17m, Global Records is one of the CEE region’s biggest hits…

Head of Label Diana Munteanu on opportunities in Russia, and expansion into Western Europe