From Warner’s Crumbl copyright lawsuit to the EU’s Downtown deal probe… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines ...
Tag: deal
Tencent Music close to $2.4 billion deal to acquire podcast firm Ximalaya – with a potential payday for Sony Music
Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) is reportedly in advanced negotiations to acquire Chinese podcasting company Ximalaya Inc. in a deal valued ...
Joan Jett strikes music rights deal with Evan Bogart’s Seeker
Seeker Music, the rights and publishing company led by Evan Bogart and backed by M&G Investments, has struck a deal ...
Drake’s Team Secures Permission To Examine Kendrick’s Deal with Universal Music Over ‘Not Like Us’
In an interesting turn of events, the judge presiding over the legal battle between Drake and Kendrick Lamar has officially ...
SM Entertainment buys additional 11.4% stake in Bubble superfan app operator DearU in $92m deal
K-pop agency SM Entertainment has acquired an additional 11.42% stake in fan platform operator DearU Co. for 135.6 billion won ...
Sony Music Publishing signs producer MTech to global deal
Prominent producer Matthew Bernard, aka MTech, has signed a global publishing deal with Sony Music Publishing (SMP), in partnership with ...
Primary Wave acquires stake in Biggie Smalls catalog in deal valuing Notorious B.I.G. estate at $200m
It’s a done deal. A couple of weeks ago, Primary Wave was reported to be nearing a deal to acquire ...
Concord to acquire Stem in $50m+ deal, say MBW sources
MBW hears that Concord is very close to making another significant acquisition.Our sources tell us that the company is in ...
Robert Kyncl talks Spotify deal, Warner Music’s distribution strategy at Morgan Stanley event
Yesterday (March 8), Robert Kyncl gave one of his most energized interviews yet…even if the timing was a little odd.Kyncl ...
Superstruct revenues jumped 26% to $222m in 2023 – the year before it was acquired by KKR in a $1.4bn deal
Live music events organizer and promoter Superstruct Entertainment reported a 25.9% YoY increase in revenue for 2023 – the year ...
