Freddie Mercury’s Longtime Friend And Heiress Mary Austin Will Make Almost $240 Million From Queen Catalog Sale

Freddie Mercury's Longtime Friend And Heiress Mary Austin Will Make Almost $240 Million From Queen Catalog Sale

When Freddie Mercury died in 1991, he was one of the greatest rock stars of all time, both as a solo artist and as the iconic frontman for Queen. He left a solid chunk of […]

Queen Is Reportedly Close To Selling Its Catalog For $1.2 Billion

Queen Is Reportedly Close To Selling Its Catalog For $1.2 Billion

The surviving members of the rock band Queen are close to signing an astonishing deal for their publishing catalog and at least some of their master recordings. The reported price tag? $1.2 billion. If and […]

Sony Pays $600 Million For 50% Stake In Michael Jackson’s “Mijac” Song Catalog

Sony Pays $600 Million For 50% Stake In Michael Jackson's "Mijac" Song Catalog

A deal that has been rumored for over a year and spawned at least one lawsuit seeking to prevent it from happening has officially closed. Sony Music Group just paid Michael Jackson’s estate $600 million […]

Michael Jackson Estate Sells Catalog to Sony at $1.2 Billion Valuation

Michael Jackson Estate Sells Catalog to Sony at $1.2 Billion Valuation

Sony Music has agreed to purchase half of Michael Jackson’s publishing and recorded masters catalog in a blockbuster deal valuing his music assets at over $1.2 billion, according to Billboard. No exact figure is known at […]

CTM Outlander Acquires Catalog of Songwriter/Producer Shane McAnally

CTM Outlander

Photo Credit: William Dyer / CC by 4.0 CTM Outlander acquires the publishing catalog of Grammy-winning songwriter and producer Shane McAnally. CTM Outlander has made a significant move in the Nashville music publishing scene, having acquired […]

Anthem Entertainment Expands Ownership of Timbaland’s Catalog

Anthem Entertainment Timbaland

Photo Credit: Marcio Jose Sanchez Anthem Entertainment expands its ownership of Timbaland’s catalog while investing in Beatclub. Independent music publisher Anthem Entertainment has announced the expansion of its long-standing partnership with legendary producer and songwriter […]

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 […]

Universal Music Group Plots $1 Billion Queen Catalog Deal: Report

Universal Music Group Plots $1 Billion Queen Catalog Deal: Report

Photo Credit: Carl Lender / CC by 3.0 Universal Music Group (UMG) is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Queen’s catalog for north of $1 billion.   The potential song-rights sale (as well as its […]