News Slipknot nears $120M catalog sale to HarbourView Equity (Report) It remains unclear whether all band members are participating in the sale or if some are retaining their stakes.
News UMG’s Sir Lucian Grainge refutes ‘ridiculous’ claims in Drake lawsuit, confirms Universal bought star’s recorded music and publishing catalogs Grainge suggests Drake is attempting to waste his and UMG's time to gain media attention or financial concessions
News After raising $500m for music rights deals, GoldState acquires catalog of hitmaker Yung Lan in ‘7-figure deal’ Yung Lan is known for having produced hits for Fetty Wap, Morgan Wallen and Roddy Ricch, among others
News Recognition Music prices oversubscribed $372M bond deal backed by Justin Bieber and Shakira catalogs The bonds were three times oversubscribed, suggesting strong investor appetite for music royalty-backed debt
News Recognition Music Group plans $372m bond sale – as value of catalog once known as Hipgnosis Songs Fund continues to balloon Blackstone-owned Recognition owns the portfolio of music rights built by Merck Mercuriadis at HSF
News Saregama, India’s oldest label, acquires 6,500-track catalog from NAV Records and YouTube channels with combined 24m+ subscribers The acquisition covers 6,500 tracks and YouTube channels with over 24 million subscribers.
Analysis Why the ‘Long Fat Tail’ of the Oasis catalog will Live Forever The following MBW Explains article was written by Will Page, the author of 'Pivot: Eight Principles for Transforming Your Business' and the former Chief Economist for both Spotify and PRS for Music
News Orla Lee-Fisher joins Warner as Head of Dual Catalog Strategy, as major steps up M&A activity Exec joins WMG to 'champion' catalogs represented by WMG across both recorded music and music publishing
News Sony strikes strategic deal with Dominican Republic’s Alofoke Music, acquires portion of label’s catalog Label was founded by prominent Dominican Republic-based media personality Santiago “Alofoke” Matías
News Kobalt inks publishing deal with country songwriter Derrick Southerland, acquires portion of song catalog Southerland was nominated for a Grammy, and won several other awards, for his work on Ingrid Andress' 'More Hearts Than Mine'
News Seeker Music acquires Jay Sean’s catalog, along with music rights from ‘Bobby Bass’ Larow and Cardiak The music company headed up by Evan Bogart has struck its latest deal
News Hopeless acquires catalog of independent punk label Fat Wreck Chords Label, home to NOFX and other influential punk bands, was founded in 1990 by NOFX’s Fat Mike (Michael John Burkett ) and Erin Burkett
Interviews Rezonate plans to spend $1 billion buying producer catalogs over the next 5 years. Here’s why… and how. MBW's Trailblazers series meets Cam Blackwood and Tom Tyler, co-founders of Rezonate Music Rights
News Warner Music Finland acquires catalog of independent record company Skorpioni The company announced earlier this year that it would be ceasing operations
News Catalog management platform OpenPlay strikes partnership with payouts service Trolley Partnership will see Trolley integrated into recently launched distribution and monetization service, OpenPlay Reach