Sony Music Entertainment Japan acquires ‘full rights’ to Spookiz animation franchise
Sony Music Labels, the recorded music division of Sony Music Entertainment Japan, has acquired the “full rights” to the popular ...
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Grammy winner Rodney ‘Darkchild’ Jerkins strikes music rights deal with HarbourView
HarbourView Equity Partners said on Thursday (May 29) that it has acquired “select catalog assets” from Grammy Award-winning producer and ...
Taylor Swift buys back master rights to first six albums from Shamrock Capital
Taylor Swift has successfully acquired the master recordings of her first six studio albums from investment firm Shamrock Capital.The deal ...
Carlyle nears $464m bond sale backed by music rights from Litmus portfolio (report)
Carlyle Group is on the verge of closing a $464 million bond sale backed by music rights.That’s according to Bloomberg, ...
Charles Goldstuck’s GoldState raises $500m to buy music rights, with investment from Northleaf Capital and Ares Management
GoldState Music, founded in 2022 by Charles Goldstuck, has raised USD $500 million to acquire more music rights.According to the ...
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 ...
From Pophouse’s $1.3bn music rights fund to Morrissey’s legal action… 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 ...
Pophouse Entertainment, the firm behind ABBA Voyage, closes $1.3bn music rights buying fund
Pophouse Entertainment, the Sweden-based music investment firm co-founded by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, has raised over EUR €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) ...
Melody Rights may have a simple solution for music royalties
For most musicians, the process of registering a song for royalties summons a bespoke blend of boredom and dread. There’s ...
Sony’s music rights business generated over $10bn for the first ever year in 2024; firm’s outgoing CEO, Kenichiro Yoshida, applauds EMI buy as best of his tenure
Sony’s global music copyright business surpassed a significant financial milestone in the calendar year of 2024, according to MBW calculations.The ...
