The ultra-aggressive shopping spree continues at Hipgnosis. The London-based Hipgnosis has just received an additional £51.1 million ($63 million), a signal that investors are doubling-down on the fund’s aggressive asset acquisition strategy. The publi…
Category archives: Music Publishing
Taylor Swift Is Re-Recording All of Her Old Albums — Just to Make Scooter Braun’s Life Miserable
Taylor Swift didn’t appreciate it when her old masters were sold to the highest bidder. Now, she’s doing something about it. After Big Machine Label Group (BMLG) sold to Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings for a cool $300 million, Taylor Swift emerged as …
The Highly-Leveraged Hipgnosis Snaps Up The Chainsmokers Catalog
Hipgnosis Songs has announced another major catalog deal, fresh off the Benny Blanco acquisition. This time they’ve acquired the rights to 32 songs from The Chainsmokers. The terms for the deal were not disclosed, but Hipgnosis has acquired 100% copyri…
Sony/ATV Snags Scott Weiland’s Publishing Rights — Just Moments After Warner/Chappell Signs Stone Temple Pilots
Sony/ATV Music Publishing just announced a deal that will allow them to represent the song catalog of Scott Weiland during his time as the frontman of the famed ’90s grunge band Stone Temple Pilots. Confusingly, the deal comes moments after a similar p…
Warner Chappell Music and Round Hill Ink a Sub-Publishing ‘ROW’ Partnership
Warner Chappell Music has signed an exclusive sub-publishing agreement with Round Hill Music. The new global deal covers everything outside the US, Canada, the British Isles, and the Nordics. Of course, those are monstrously large territories, though …
GoDigital Pumps $40 Million Into Cinq Music for an Even Bigger IP Shopping Spree
The time to purchase massive amounts of music-related IP is now. Hipgnosis isn’t the only one making massive bets on music IP. Just this morning, GoDigital Media Group pumped $40 million into its subsidiary, Cinq Music, for publishing and recording as…
Spotify, Apple, Pandora, Amazon, Google Warn Against Ditching the PRO Consent Decrees — “The Resulting Chaos Will Be Felt by Everyone in the Music Industry”
Should the Department of Justice really do away with the ASCAP and BMI Consent Decrees? Not according to major streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora/Sirius, Amazon Music, and YouTube owner Google/Alphabet. As the U.S. Department of Just…
Warner Chappell Music Inks a Stone Temple Pilots Worldwide Publishing Deal
Warner Chappell Music has signed an exclusive worldwide publishing deal to administer the Stone Temple Pilots catalog. The ’90s rockers have sold more than 40 million records worldwide, and the band’s catalog remains heavily-played. STP technically exi…
A Coalition of ‘Free Market’ Organizations Urges the U.S. Department of Justice to Maintain Its ASCAP, BMI Consent Decrees
Several free-market-focused lobbying groups and organization have asked the Department of Justice to keep consent decrees that regulate ASCAP and BMI. The coalition of organizations and lobbying groups feel the age-old regulations are required to addre…
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Acquires Benny Blanco’s Hit-Heavy Catalog
Hipgnosis Songs Fund has acquired copyright ownership to a large number of songs in Benny Blanco’s catalog. Hipgnosis now has 100% copyright ownership to 93 songs, which have been streamed over 10 billion times. Some of the catalogs include Blanco’s sh…