Primary Wave In The News

From Taylor Swift crashing Ticketmaster to Tencent Music’s 1,000+ AI songs… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip

Primary Wave buys Whitney Houston hits as part of deal with songwriters Shannon Rubicam and George Merrill

Deal follows Primary Wave's $2 billion deal with financial giant Brookfield last month

Chris Blackwell to accept A&R Icon award at MBW’s A&R Awards in London this week

The UK-focused A&R Awards take place in central London on Tuesday

Primary Wave buys catalog of US rock band Huey Lewis and The News for $20m

Deal encompasses band’s entire commercially released music catalog from inception through 1994

Interviews News

Music catalog acquisitions cooling down? Not at Primary Wave: ‘We’ve never been busier.’

MBW breaks down Primary Wave's new deal – and gets answers from Larry Mestel

Pink Floyd’s $500m catalog auction delayed due to band ‘infighting’ (report)

Catalog auction process is reportedly in limbo

From Primary Wave’s $2bn deal to the 100,000 tracks uploaded to streaming services each day… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip

Primary Wave strikes $2 billion deal with financial giant Brookfield to acquire music copyrights

As part of the deal, Brookfield will acquire a significant minority interest in Primary Wave