Primary Wave In The News

Podcast company Audio Up raises nearly $10m, with plans to invest funds into music side of its business

Company has raised $20m to date

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

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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

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