It’s not often that we write about a new piece of sheet music being sold by a publisher. However, ‘I Stand In The Library’ is noteworthy.
Tag: music publishing
Financials roundup: Believe and Reservoir revenues grow
It’s financial results season, including for public music companies like distributor Believe and rightsholder Reservoir Media.
Hipgnosis boss reveals ‘frustration and disappointment’ at share price
Hipgnosis Songs Fund has published its latest annual report this morning, including an introduction by founder Merck Mercuriadis.
Investors want Hipgnosis to sell some of its song catalogues
Hipgnosis Songs Fund has long been one of the most active buyers of music catalogues, but now some investors want it to become a seller.
STIM and SGAE’s strong 2022 continues Covid-19 bounceback
We’re still trying to avoid the term ‘post-pandemic’ as Covid-19 is far from eradicated. But we can talk about a bounceback.
Catalogue acquisitions help Reservoir grow its revenues by 13%
Music company Reservoir Media published its latest quarterly financial results yesterday, and they included its annual figures.
Independent music publishers had a 27.1% market share in 2021
Independent music publishers accounted for 27.1% of the global publishing market in 2021 according to the latest report from the IMPF.
Italian watchdog AGCM investigates Meta over its music dispute
Meta appears to have not just opened a can of worms, but tipped that can all over itself, with its music-licensing dispute in Italy.
Digital sheet-music startup Enote raises €10m funding round
Enote is the latest startup focusing on digital sheet-music, and it has raised a €10m funding round to continue building its technology.
Utopia’s music services boss Roberto Neri joins Believe as publishing CEO
Utopia Music’s head of music services Roberto Neri has announced that he is joining Believe as its CEO of publishing.
Utopia Music sells Sentric to Believe – but what happens next?
Distributor Believe is buying publishing-tech firm Sentric from Utopia Music, in what has been a tough time for the latter company.
Kobalt revenues up 22% as advances and catalogue spend hits $300m
Kobalt’s revenues grew by 22% last year, and that it spent more than $300m on advances and music catalogues.