Liberty Media In The News

Who owns Live Nation?

The concert's giants owners include Liberty Media, some heavy-hitting investment firms... and Jimmy Iovine

‘If I’m not impacting other people’s lives, in whatever way, then I’m not doing it right.’

MBW's partnership with the ground-breaking Did Ya Know? podcast returns with Adrian Sykes talking to artist turned songwriter turned exec/campaigner Michelle Escoffery

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PAI Partners takes majority stake in professional audio equipment maker Audiotonix

A news report suggests the deal for Audiotonix is worth nearly GBP £2 billion.

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Range Media Partners secures funding from Liberty Global, TPG Chair David Bonderman and others

The management and production firm has been expanding its presence in the music business

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Iron Horse SPAC raises $69M in Nasdaq IPO, eyes diverse media and entertainment deals

The successful IPO comes after the blank-check company withdrew plans for a $100-million IPO in October.

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Live Nation’s Michael Rapino lays out the argument for why concerts – not streaming – are the future of the music biz

Rapino spoke at length at Liberty Media's investor conference in New York last week, breaking down the economics of his company's field

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Edgar Bronfman Jr.’s $200m SPAC shuttered in August with no acquisition, 24 months after IPO

Bronfman is a partner at a separate investment company called Waverley Capital, which via its Waverley Capital II Fund has invested in companies such as Wondery and generative AI startup Endel

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Return of the SPAC? Entertainment and sports-focused ESH Acquisition Corp prices $100m IPO

Blank check company may pursue "record labels, music and television streaming services, production companies and publishing houses."