News Reservoir acquires rights in catalog of film score composer Henry Jackman Deal includes rights in entire catalog, including scores for blockbuster films like the Captain America franchise, Wreck-It Ralph and Jumanji
Analysis News Tempo Music’s catalog is up for sale – and we expect it to go for more than $500 million Tempo was founded by Providence in partnership with Warner Music Group in 2019
Analysis News Sony spent an average of $91m on music catalog acquisitions every month over the past 10 months Stat was recently revealed on an investor presentation by Sony Corp's Hiroki Totoki
Analysis Blog Why are hedge funds urging songwriters to sell their catalogs right now? Think about it. Randall Wixen explains his skepticism over Big Finance's keenness to buy music rights in 2022
News Kobalt just raised $550 million in debt to buy music catalog rights JPMorgan Chase & Co. and HPS Investment Partners are funding debt, reports Bloomberg
News ‘The catalog deals market in Europe will continue to accelerate.’ Hein van der Ree tells MBW about how €100m-backed Pythagoras Music Fund fits into the music rights acquisitions market...
News Hipgnosis buys Leonard Cohen catalog via Blackstone-backed fund Hipgnosis acquires writer's share in earlier catalog, plus publisher's share in later songs
Analysis News Universal Music Group spent $459m on catalog acquisitions last year… less than half what it spent in 2020 New investor presentation reveals interesting numbers and facts around UMG's acquisition strategy
News Neil Diamond sells complete song catalog and all master recordings to Universal Agreement encompasses hits such as Sweet Caroline, Red Red Wine, Solitary Man, Cracklin’ Rosie
News Reservoir strikes deal for stake in catalog of legendary hip-hop producer and songwriter Larry Smith Deal includes Smith’s collaborations with seminal rap group Whodini
News Wise Music Group subsidiary G. Schirmer acquires catalog of film composer Franz Waxman Waxman is considered one of the most important film and concert composers of the 20th century
News Endurance Music Group buys catalog of songs by Jimmie Allen, Ash Bowers EMG is the music publishing and music rights acquisition platform of investment manager, Raven & Company.
Analysis News Why Country music could be 2022’s big story in the catalog acquisition space Round Hill's Josh Gruss joins MBW's Tim Ingham to talk country, and the growth in the genre's value
News Grammy-winning songwriter Jordan Reynolds sells catalog to Warner Chappell, launches brokerage to help other writers do the same thing Reynolds has written six No.1 songs across three genres
Analysis News From Sting selling his song catalog to the majors generating $20bn last year: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter