Tag: catalogue

The Beach Boys are the latest to join the heritage artists buyouts bonanza, selling a controlling interest in their master recordings and a cut of their publishing, memorabilia and overall Beach Boys brand to Irving Azoff’s...

On the rare news-day when we don’t have a Hipgnosis catalogue acquisition to report, it feels like there’s often news of the company raising more money for its next swathe of deals instead. On Friday, Hipgnosis announced that...

Another day, another publishing acquisition. This time it’s two of the founding members of Massive Attack, Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall, selling their back catalogue to Round Hill Music for an undisclosed amount....

Good news! Investment management firm Guardian Fund thinks that by 2030, Spotify will be worth “at least five times more” than its current market cap. Which, with the latter being just under $60bn, means a prediction...

Josh Gruss, CEO of Round Hill Music, was the keynote interviewee for NY:LON Connect’s publishing strand yesterday. He offered some views on the disparity in digital royalties between recordings and songs. “I think it...

It’s easy to buy a catalogue of songs – well, it is if you have the money, obviously – but the challenge of managing them well to grow revenues is an important challenge. “Marketing is absolutely at the core...

Where there’s money, there are invariably lawsuits. There’s certainly money in musicians selling their catalogues and royalty interests to investment companies, and lo and behold, there are lawsuits popping up...

Never has the track ‘Go Your Own Way’ seemed more fitting. Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks sold a majority of her publishing catalogue to Primary Wave in December; Lindsey Buckingham sold his publishing rights...

Two more musicians are selling their rights – or at least part of them – to investment companies. Shakira is the latest to throw in her lot with Hipgnosis Songs Fund, which has acquired 100% of her music publishing rights...

Ryan Tedder found fame with his group OneRepublic, but he’s since become a songwriter to the stars too: Adele, Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran and Lady Gaga are among his clients. Now he has also joined the ranks of top songwriters...

It’s a day off for announcements of new Hipgnosis catalogue acquisitions, but there is still news about the company to report. It has increased its debt facility by £200m to £600m (around $814.4m) as it prepares to...

The first few working days of 2021 have been a powerful statement of intent for Hipgnosis Songs Fund, albeit a pretty blistering one for its corporate wallet. Hot on the heels of its deals with Jimmy Iovine and Lindsey Buckingham,...