Music Rights Music Headlines & Industry News
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Influence Media Partners has agreed to acquire substantially all of Anthem Entertainment’s assets for more than $600 million, adding a sprawling collection of publishing rights, master recordings and film and television music to its BlackRock-backed music investment platform. The agreement was announced July 29th and covers Anthem’s music publishing catalogs,…
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Primary Wave Music has completed its acquisition of Kobalt, closing a transaction worth roughly $1.5 billion that brings one of the music industry’s largest independent publishing and royalty-administration businesses under the Primary Wave umbrella. The deal closed July 7th after clearing regulatory scrutiny, Music Business Worldwide reports. Primary Wave acquired…
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Firebird Music has launched a $750 million platform for music catalog acquisitions, giving the artist-management and independent-label company a major new pool of purchasing power for recorded-music and publishing rights. Announced June 30th, the platform is backed by Ares and The Raine Group, one of Firebird’s earliest investors. Ares funds…
