News Universal launches Beat Galaxy music hub on Roblox, featuring ‘one of the largest song catalogs of any experience’ on the gaming platform UMG partnered with virtual world developer Supersocial to launch the new music hub
News Armada’s $100m BEAT Music Fund strikes series of rights deals in the UK, including the entire catalog of Sola Records The fund has set as its goal $500 million in music investments, including $100 million in its first two years.
Music Business Jobs Armada Armada Music – Marketing Manager Catalog (Amsterdam/London) (NL, UK) Required: 3-5 years of experience in a similar role with a substantial track record in online/digital /content-based marketing; and awareness of the dynamics and processes within the music industry and good knowledge of the (social) media landscapeJob type: Marketing/Digital MarketingLocation: Amsterdam, LondonApplications for this position have now closed.
News Enrique Iglesias sells catalog to Influence Media Partners in nine-figure deal (report) Agreement also marks Influence Media's first-ever Name, Image, and Likeness deal
News CTM Outlander acquires publishing catalog of country music star Sam Hunt Company has also signed a publishing deal for his future works
News Warner Chappell Music signs catalog deal with Dido Grammy-nominated musician returns to Warner Chappell in a deal covering her current catalog and future releases
Interviews ‘The catalog acquisition business requires not just capital, but long-standing trust, reputation, and rapport.’ MBW's World Leaders series interviews Jangwon Lee, CEO of Korea-based catalog buying fund Beyond Music
Analysis We Can Wipe It Out: The Beatles’ ‘greatest hits’ as a catalogue palimpsest Eamonn Forde on the continual adjustments and tweaks being made to the Fab Four's Greatest Hits packages
News CTM Outlander acquires catalog of songwriter and producer Ross Copperman The agreement includes a publishing deal for his future works
Analysis News From Universal’s missing catalog on TikTok Music to Graham Nash’s catalog sale… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days
News TikTok Music just launched publicly in Australia, Singapore and Mexico… without Universal Music’s catalog Universal's recorded music catalog remains available on TikTok Music in Brazil and Indonesia
News BMG expects to spend another $400m on catalog acquisitions this year – and just made its largest ever recorded music acquisition in France BMG has acquired the recorded music catalog of superstar French DJ and electronic music artist Martin Solveig
News Graham Nash sells catalog to Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group, following firm’s music rights deals with David Crosby and Stephen Stills Company says deal with Nash will see it 'acquire, develop, and expand his musical legacy to new generations of fans'.
News Warner Chappell acquires catalog of over 10,000 tracks from music publisher Deck in Brazil Deck is a record label and publisher founded in 1998 by João Augusto
News Raleigh Music acquires catalog of Academy Award-winning lyricist Alan Jay Lerner in the US Catalog includes what Raleigh Music calls 'numerous classic broadway standards'