French Billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault Considering $7 Billion Acquisition Of Creative Artists Agency

French Billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault Considering $7 Billion Acquisition Of Creative Artists Agency

Francois-Henri Pinault, the French billionaire (and husband of Salma Hayek) whose family business Kering SA counts Gucci among its many holdings, is looking to expand that portfolio by purchasing a majority stake in Creative Artists […]

SPAC ESH Acquisition Corp. Debuts on NASDAQ With $100M IPO

iHeartMedia Discreetly Files for IPO

Who says the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sector’s collapsed? Former Disney exec Allen Weiss, Magic Johnson Enterprises exec Christina Francis, 1916 Enterprises’ Jonathan Gordon, and others have debuted a $100 million SPAC that could […]

Rod Stewart Calls Off Hipgnosis Catalog Acquisition After 2 Years

Hipgnosis catalog Rod Stewart

Photo Credit: Ian Dury / CC by 3.0 Rod Stewart has called off his catalog acquisition talks with Hipgnosis Songs after a lengthy negotiation process. Steward will now take his ball home and retain ownership […]

British Regulators Block $68.7B Microsoft/Activision Acquisition

CMA blocks Microsoft Activision acquisition

Photo Credit: Alexandru Acea UK regulators have blocked Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of the video game giant Activision. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) analyzed more than 3 million Microsoft and Activision documents […]

Open On Sunday Offers a Fresh Approach to Catalog Acquisition

Photo Credit: Open On Sunday

Photo Credit: Open On Sunday As high-profile – and high-value – catalog deals continue to pour in, Open On Sunday (OOS) is working to make faster and more musician-friendly transactions the norm. Despite rising rates […]

FTC Moves to Block Microsoft’s $69 Billion Activision Acquisition

FTC Moves to Block Microsoft’s $69 Billion Activision Acquisition

The Microsoft–Activision deal may be in jeopardy. According to the New York Times, the Federal Trade Commission has filed an antitrust lawsuit to block Microsoft’s acquisition of the popular video game-maker. The tech giant announced the $69 billion deal at the […]

As Music Acquisition Cools Down, Rebeat Digital Steps In to Help

Rebeat Digital CEO Guenter Loibl

Rebeat Digital CEO Guenter Loibl Holding the bag on billions of dollars worth of music IP? Rebeat Digital is now helping companies improve the monitoring and monetization of their precious assets — and more realistically […]

Scooter Braun expresses ‘regret’ over Taylor Swift catalogue acquisition – Music News

Scooter Braun expresses 'regret' over Taylor Swift catalogue acquisition - Music News

Scooter Braun has expressed “regret” over the way he handled the Taylor Swift masters controversy. During a recent interview with Jay Williams for NPR’s The Limits with Jay Williams, the music executive recalled acquiring the […]

Adobe’s Figma acquisition is a $20 billion bet to control the entire creative market

A screenshot of Figma’s new dark mode over a starry background.

Over the past several years, Figma has built its name as a forward-thinking and collaborative design platform and a formidable competitor to Adobe, the giant in the creative apps market. That rivalry ended on Thursday […]