Tag: rights

How Cutting Edge built a $1bn+ portfolio of Hollywood music rights
MBW's Trailblazers series meets the leadership team at Cutting Edge Group: CEO Philip Moross, COO Tara Finegan, and Head of M&A Tim Hegarty Source...

SoundExchange expands global neighboring rights coverage via 17 new agreements with CMOs in markets including Barbados, Denmark, Kenya, Portugal, and more
The expansion includes new partnerships in Kenya, Barbados, Panama, Paraguay, and several European territories. Source...

Connect Music raises $80m to expand indie artist financing and catalog acquisitions
The music rights and technology firm will use the investment to fund catalog acquisitions and expand the company's music licensing operations. Source...

Blackstone sells part of Recognition Music catalog to Sony Music for over $200m (report)
Billboard reports that the deal consists primarily of publishing rights and some master recording royalty streams Source...

Live Nation and Argentina’s Dale Play Live team up on $110m Mâs Monumental Stadium concert rights deal
The deal, which takes effect January 1, 2027, brings together Live Nation with Argentine promoters DF Entertainment and Dale Play Live. Source...

Sony launches $2B music rights acquisition JV with Singapore’s GIC
Sony Music Group is forming a music rights-buying joint venture with Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC Pte. Source...

Having spent $160m on music rights to date, Bella Figura buys ‘significant portion’ of catalog from UK indie label Jeepster
The deal includes notable releases from Belle And Sebastian, Snow Patrol, and The Gentle Waves. Source...

SM Entertainment targets M&A deals and AI tech integration as K-pop giant outlines ‘NEXT 3.0’ strategy
The K-pop powerhouse is also aiming to build Asia's "largest and most respected publishing company" via its Kreation Music Rights (KMR) subsidiary Source...

In landmark termination rights ruling, Appeals Court says songwriters can reclaim global copyrights under US law
A Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's decision allowing songwriter Cyril Vetter to take back full global control of a 1963 rock song from publisher Resnik Music. Source...

‘This isn’t about limiting fan creativity. It’s about ensuring creators, performers and rights-holders are paid.’
Columnist Sammy Andrews dives back into the AI-verse, concentrating on the tsunami of AI covers flooding DPSs and social media platforms. It’s time, she concludes, that we stopped circling the issue...

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