Analysis Why a $1 billion deal for Queen’s catalog is possible – and what CNN and The Daily Mail got drastically wrong A deeper dive into what could become the biggest music catalog deal of all time
News Anthem invests in Timbaland’s music marketplace Beatclub, acquires additional publishing interests in his catalog Company expands long-standing partnership with Timbaland
News Infinite Catalog launches remote royalties department, IC Full Service IC Full Service is targeted towards small and mid-size catalogs
News South Korea-based catalog buying fund Beyond Music raises $170m Company, which has raised nearly $400m to date plans to use capital 'to acquire rights to evergreen songs'
Analysis News From Queen’s $1bn catalog to HYBE raising $380m for acquisitions in the US… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place
News Queen music catalog could be sold this year for over $1 billion, say MBW sources Major music companies including Universal Music Group have been in discussions for the acquisition, we're told, in addition to players from the world of private equity
News Reservoir buys rights to catalog of Miami Sound Machine co-founder and lead songwriter Enrique ‘Kiki’ Garcia Deal includes the hit 'Conga' performed by Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine
News Kilometre Music Group acquires catalog of Grammy Award-winning songwriter Tourist, secures $50m credit facility with Pinnacle Financial William Phillips (pka Tourist) co-wrote Sam Smith’s Grammy-winning hit 'Stay With Me'
News Olivier Chastan’s Iconoclast acquires music publishing catalog of Beyonce and M.I.A. collaborator, Switch Switch is also the co-founder, alongside Diplo, of electronic dance music group Major Lazer
News Netherlands-based Pythagoras Music Fund buys catalog from British songwriter Dominic Bugatti PMF has spent approximately €100 million (USD $107m) on music rights since it launched in 2021
News $100 million-backed, Asia-focused music fund blackx buys catalog of Taiwanese songwriter Frances Wang The deal is among the first of blackx’s catalog purchases in Asia after the fund launched in late September with an initial USD $100 million in funds
Interviews BMG’s Hartwig Masuch and Thomas Coesfeld on hits, efficiency – and spending $400m on catalog acquisitions in 2022 BMG's current CEO and its incoming CEO both sit down with MBW to discuss the company's ambitions
Analysis News From the ‘fake Drake’ AI track to BMG integrating frontline and catalog… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories on MBW from the past seven days
News Armin van Buuren’s Armada Music launches $100m catalog-buying fund backed by Pinnacle Financial Launched by Armada Music, the fund claims to be the world’s first dance music investment company
News BMG integrates frontline and catalog recordings businesses The change means that Fred Casimir, EVP Global Repertoire, will now lead a team of around 90, responsible for marketing recordings around the world