Concord set to buy Round Hill’s UK-listed royalty fund in a huge $468.8m deal
Earlier this summer, MBW reported that Concord had over USD $550 million in fresh capital to spend on acquisitions....
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From Deezer’s AI music strategy, to who HYBE might try to buy in Latin Music… 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...
HYBE is raising a stack of capital to buy Latin Music companies. Who might it target?
Last week, Bloomberg broke the news that HYBE was raising around USD $380 million “to fund acquisitions in the US...
From Warner’s lay-offs to Believe’s big buy… 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...
Lyric Capital raises over $800m to buy music rights
New York-based private equity firm Lyric Capital Group, parent company of Spirit Music Group, has successfully closed its second...
After investing $125m over the past year, Cutting Edge secures another $100m to buy film and TV music rights
UK-born Cutting Edge Media Music (CEMM) has secured $100 million in financing from a group of banks led by...
Switzerland-based MusicBird secures $100m loan from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group to buy music rights
Music rights investment company MusicBird has signed what it calls a “major financing deal” with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group...
Warner to buy majority stake in India-based digital media and music firm, Divo
Warner Music India (WMI) is expanding its presence in India’s entertainment sector with the acquisition of a majority stake...
Duetti, a startup led by Tidal’s former COO, plans to buy and monetize independent artists’ rights – report
After raising $7 million in a seed funding round in July, startup Duetti is seeking to buy catalog rights...
New $100m-backed fund launches to buy catalogs in Asia, led by industry veteran Chee Meng Tan and ex-Universal Music China MD Garand Wu
The global music rights acquisitions space’s biggest players have been predominantly based in the US and Europe to date....