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'
News Reservoir acquires catalog of Latin Music hitmaker Rudy Perez Agreement also includes a publishing deal for his future works
News $200m-backed Multimedia Music acquires catalog of film and TV composer Christopher Lennertz Lennertz has worked on scores for films like Horrible Bosses, Pitch Perfect 3 and others
News deadmau5 manager and other industry veterans launch The Circuit Group to acquire stakes in song catalogs Company was founded by Dean and Jessica Wilson of Seven20, and Brett Fischer, David Gray, and Harvey Tadman of AYITA
News BMG acquires recording catalog of Australia’s Dope Lemon from creator Angus Stone Dope Lemon has amassed over 450 million streams
News Evan Bogart’s Seeker Music acquires catalog of Plested, songwriter behind hits for Lewis Capaldi, Niall Horan, Jonas Brothers and more Founded in 2020, Seeker is led by hitmaker Evan Bogart, who is behind Rihanna’s 2006 No. 1 hit SOS
News Do Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones plan to sell their catalog? No – but it could be donated to charity. Jagger told the WSJ that “the children don’t need $500 million to live well. Come on.”
News Jet, rock band behind ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl’, strikes ‘landmark’ catalog deal with BMG 'Jet are a generation-defining band,' said Heath Johns, BMG President, Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asia
News Primary Wave strikes ‘multi-million-dollar’ catalog deal with estate of iconic songwriter P.F. Sloan Primary Wave acquire Sloan’s publishing and writer’s share in his works, as well his master royalty income
News Primary Wave acquires stake in music publishing catalog of singer-songwriter Eddie Rabbitt Singer-songwriter co-wrote a dozen country music hits