Primary Wave In The News

Sting sells song catalog to Universal for $300m+

Sting has sold more than 100 million albums throughout his career

Alice In Chains members Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Mike Inez and William Duvall sell rights to Round Hill Music

Catalog comprises 94 compositions and 159 recordings

Primary Wave buys music rights from estates of Layne Staley and Mike Starr of Alice In Chains

Publisher to buy stake in Layne Staley’s and Mike Starr’s music publishing catalog, as well as master royalty income stream

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

‘People have asked, Can you write a hit? Answer: no. I mean obviously I can, but not because I’ve tried to.’

MBW profiles Patrick Leonard, who's written with Madonna and Leonard Cohen, for our World's Greatest Songwriters series

Primary Wave acquires stakes in Def Leppard’s music publishing catalog and master royalty income stream

Relationship between Primary Wave and Def Leppard began in 2009

From BMG’s alliance with investment firm Pimco, to Sir Lucian Grainge’s 2022 message: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter

Primary Wave spends $60m on stakes in Paul Rodgers and America catalogs

Primary Wave acquires again