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
News Reservoir buys Mannie Fresh’s catalog, including publishing and recorded music rights Mannie Fresh spent a large portion of his career producing for Cash Money Records
News Primary Wave acquires stake in catalog of singer songwriter Russ Ballard Deal includes a stake in his music publishing catalog and writer’s share royalties, as well as his writer’s share of public performance
News After raising $100m last month, Multimedia Music acquires catalog of Hollywood composer Trevor Morris in eight figure deal Company has deployed over $120m on acquisitions since launching 15 months ago
News Canadian fund ICM buys High Society Management catalog including songs by Puerto Rican rapper Anuel AA ICM was established via a partnership between ICM Asset Management and Crescendo Royalty Corporation in July 2020
News Primary Wave acquires stake in catalog of Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan Deal sees company acquire a stake in McLachlan’s music publishing and recorded music catalog
Analysis News Reservoir Media has spent over $695m on catalogs to date (and 5 other things we learned about the company from its new Investor Factsheet) MBW fillets a new investor factsheet published by the publicly-traded firm