Merck Mercuriadis In The News

Blackstone-backed $440m acquisition offer for Hipgnosis Songs Fund assets sees off rival interest

Process clears the way for Thursday's shareholder vote from Hipgnosis Songs Fund

Hipgnosis Songs Fund confirms that Merck Mercuriadis has an option to buy all of its rights if his investment advisory company is terminated

Hipgnosis Songs Fund board announces Strategic Review of company, while confirming its investment advisor's key contractual clause

News

Hipgnosis Songs Fund Chair, Andrew Sutch, to step down; all-important ‘continuation vote’ looks likely to happen on October 26

Shareholders will vote on whether to keep Hipgnosis Songs Fund as a close-ended investment entity next month

News

Hipgnosis’ Blackstone fund set to spend $440m buying 29 catalogs from Hipgnosis’ UK-listed fund; competitors have 40 days to try and outbid its offer.

Public fund is also looking to sell another 20,000 songs acquired from Kobalt Capital for $25 million

News

Hipgnosis announced as first category sponsor for the 2023 A&R Awards

The countdown to this year's big night has begun

Interviews

‘Dolby Atmos is not just a gimmick. Music in 3D has the potential to replace Stereo.’

Matthias Stalter, founder and CEO of Spatial Audio production company ThreeDee Music, gives us his predictions for the Spatial Audio business, and explains how ThreeDee Music is situated in the sector…

Analysis

Hipgnosis Songs Fund may soon sell some copyrights. Why – and who might be the buyer?

What's happening with one of the week's big stories – and where we think it might go in future

Analysis News

Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s like-for-like net revenues rose 10.9% in FY 2023, streaming revenues up 14.8% last year

Firm calls period its strongest FY performance since its IPO five years ago