Kobalt Music Group In The News

The Hipgnosis founder joins Blackstone's Qasim Abbas in MBW's in-depth interview RE: the deal everyone's talking about

Blackstone tells MBW "this is just the start" and that its ambition in music is "much more substantial"

The Kobalt fund owns songs by the likes of The Weeknd, Lorde, and Major Lazer

Perez will partner with Kobalt CEO, Laurent Hubert, to run the day-to-day operations of the company

MBW crunches the numbers on AWAL, and asks if the UK competition watchdog is looking in the right direction

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Kobalt confirms to MBW that it has handed over cash from AWAL sale to some of its investors

Deal could lead to worse terms for artists and less innovation in the music sector, says UK regulator