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Apollo Backs BMG & Concord Integration With $1.25 Billion in Financing
Apollo Global Management has provided $1.25 billion from funds it manages to support the smooth integration of Concord into BMG, and in exchange Apollo becomes a minority investor in part of Concord’s...
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Notes.fm, Backed by Zach Bryan, Benny Blanco, Raises $5 Million to Help...
Notes.fm, a music royalty collection platform started by Stem co-founder Tim Luckow, said on Thursday (Sept. 17) it raised $5 million from artists and music industry leaders, including Benny Blanco,...
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How Much Money Has Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Generated?
With more than 1.5 billion streams worldwide, Ella Langley’s hit song “Choosin’ Texas” was anointed the song of the summer and now looks poised to match the record for most weeks at No. 1 on the...
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beatBread Names Andreea Gleeson, Former TuneCore Exec, as Next CEO
Indie music finance platform beatBread named Andreea Gleeson as its new CEO, the company announced Thursday (Sept. 10). She will succeed Tracy Maddux, who had served as interim CEO following the death...
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Catalog Multiples Expected to Hold Flat, More Latin & Country Deals in 2026:...
Catalog multiples are expected to hold largely flat for the rest of the year despite investors growing interest in Latin, country and catalogs younger than 10 years old, according to Duetti and...
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Primary Wave Raises Additional $2.2 Billion For Song Catalog Investments
Primary Wave and Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. announced on Wednesday (April 29) the closure of its IP Fund 4, with total commitments of $2.225 billion. Primary Wave exceeded its initial target of...
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VENU Hires Head of Investor Relations From Madison Square Garden Entertainment
Live entertainment company Venu Holding Corporation (VENU) has hired Sarah Rothschild from Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE) to lead investor relations and financial strategy at the...
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Soundtrack Technologies, a Music Streamer for Businesses, Buys Out Two Rivals
Soundtrack Technologies, a music streaming service for businesses that’s used in Uniqlo stores and Four Seasons hotels, among others, announced it has acquired rivals Tunify and Ambie as it looks to...
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Duetti Secures Fresh $200 Million to Fund Indie Music Catalog Acquisitions
Duetti, a catalog acquisition company that works with independent artists, said on Tuesday (Jan. 20) that it raised $200 million from a Series C and debt financing, bringing the total amount raised by...
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Investor Who Helped Lead Kobalt Acquisition Launches Artist Advance Platform
Veteran music investor and former Francisco Partners private equity executive Matt Spetzler unveiled a new financing platform for artist advances called Pipeline, backed by his investment fund Jamen...
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Introducing: Duetti and Billboard’s Music Finance Index
Even the youngest music publishing catalogs are landing valuations of up to 9.8 times net revenue, with Latin music catalogs expected to be among the most in-demand, according to a new survey of...
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The Novel Financing That Powered The Weeknd & Lyric Capital’s Billion-Dollar...
New details about how The Weeknd and Lyric Capital financed a blockbuster deal that moved the Starboy artist’s back catalog into a new joint venture are trickling out — and that financing included...
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Why Banks Could Start Lending More Money for Music Catalogs
If you’re borrowing money against a catalog of music in the coming years, you may be able to get more cash. That’s according to music valuation firm Red Brick Advisors, which wrote in a newsletter...
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Rostrum Pacific Secures $150 Million From Crayhill Capital Management
Rostrum Pacific, the parent company of Rostrum Records, said on Thursday it secured $150 million in financing from Crayhill Capital Management to fund acquisitions to catalog portfolio. Rostrum,...
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Indie Catalog Buyers Xposure Music Secure $42 Million, Led By Andalusian...
Xposure Music, a Canadian catalog firm focused on mostly independent artists, said on Monday it secured $42.5 million in debt financing from billionaire hedge funder David Tepper‘s Andalusian Credit...
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StubHub Faces Investor Class Action Lawsuit Over ‘False and Misleading’ IPO
StubHub has been hit with a class action lawsuit alleging the secondary ticketing company hid key cash flow changes from investors who bought into its $758 million initial public offering (IPO) in...
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Flexpoint Ford’s Mike Morris on Firm’s Indie Strategy & Why AI Could Make...
Mike Morris is one of music’s biggest new investors — and he’s placing his bets on the indies. The managing director of Chicago-based private equity firm Flexpoint Ford has overseen what Billboard...
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Fighting With Capital: beatBread Launches $100M Fund for Indies
Finance platform beatBread said on Thursday it is launching a $100 million fund to support independent labels and distributors as the indie sector faces consolidation driven by larger music companies...
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Peter Sinclair, CEO and Founder of Artist Financing Platform beatBread, Dies...
beatBread, the indie music finance platform, has announced the passing of its co-founder and CEO, Peter Sinclair, who died on Aug. 23 in Los Angeles after a brief illness. He was 50. Sinclair was a...
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More Catalog Deal Firepower: Searchlight Capital Joins UMG, Invests in Chord...
Chord Music Partners said on Thursday that global private investment firm Searchlight Capital Partners joined Universal Music Group as a strategic investor in its music rights acquisition and...
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