photo Credit: Neil Krug (Warner Chappell Music) Warner Chappell Music, the music publishing arm of Warner Music Group, has signed Scissor Sisters’ complete catalog. If you’ve been to a club in the last 20 years, […]
Nick Mason and David Gilmour performing live. Photo Credit: anyonlinyr More than six months back, reports suggested that Pink Floyd was preparing to sell its catalog in a more than half-billion-dollar deal. But an agreement […]
Photo Credit: Amazon Amazon Music expands its entire catalog of 100 million songs to Prime members in shuffle mode. Amazon Prime subscribers now have access to the entire Amazon Music catalog in shuffle mode and […]
Huey Lewis and The News performing live in 2016. Photo Credit: PaulHamaker Primary Wave has acquired the rights to the first seven studio albums from Huey Lewis and The News. New York City-headquartered Primary Wave, […]
Huey Lewis and the News have sold the majority of their catalog to Primary Wave Music for around $20 million, Variety reports. The deal includes all of the band’s music from inception through 1994, which includes […]
Photo Credit: Eva Rinaldi / CC by 2.0 Shamrock Capital, the media and entertainment investor that owns Taylor Swift’s masters, sells a minority stake in the firm. RidgeLake Partners, a strategic partnership between Ottawa Avenue […]
Photo Credit: Miami Film Festival / CC by 2.0 Fugees rapper Pras faces $6.5 million lawsuit over allegedly fraudulent catalog sale. A company called Open On Sunday has sued Pras and investment firm Harbourview over a rights […]
Photo Credit: Escobar Cigars Rapper and exec MC Serch (full name Michael Berrin) has revealed that he’s looking to sell his interest in Nas’ catalog. The 55-year-old 3rd Bass co-founder MC Serch, who served as […]
Beat Happening have announced remastered vinyl reissues of their entire catalog: 1985’s Beat Happening, 1988’s Jamboree, 1989’s Black Candy, 1991’s Dreamy, 1992’s You Turn Me On, and the 2003 rarities and B-sides compilation Music to […]
Beat Happening have announced remastered vinyl reissues of their entire catalog: 1985’s Beat Happening, 1988’s Jamboree, 1989’s Black Candy, 1991’s Dreamy, 1992’s You Turn Me On, and the 2003 rarities and B-sides compilation Music to […]
Pink Floyd performing live in 1973. Photo Credit: Erik Calonius More than five months have passed since Pink Floyd began pursuing a $500 million catalog sale, but the process – and the half-billion-dollar payday – […]
Pink Floyd have reportedly been shopping their back catalog for a potential half-a-billion dollar payday, but according to Variety, incendiary comments from co-founder Roger Waters in a recent interview with Rolling Stone could bring any hope […]
Photo Credit: Alexander Shatov Meta says it is opening its catalog of ‘free, high-quality songs’ to Reels advertisers on Instagram. Meta saw 30% more engagement with its Reels across both Facebook and Instagram in Q2 […]
(l to r) Starstruck Entertainment’s Narvel Blackstock, Influence execs Rene McLean and Lylette Pizarro, Blake Shelton, Influence higher-up Lynn Hazan, Warner Music Nashville CEO John Esposito, and WM Nashville co-president Ben Kline. Photo Credit: Influence […]
In an extensive interview with with NPR, music executive Scooter Braun said he isn’t satisfied with how the Taylor Swift catalog acquisition went down. “I learned an important lesson from [the Big Machine acquisition]. When […]
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his latest tour with Saucerful of Secrets, the all-star band that brings Floyd’s pre-Darkside catalog back to life. […]
Swedish company Pophouse Entertainment has purchased a majority stake in Avicii’s master recording and publishing rights. The assets of Avicii’s catalog were previously held by his family estate, though they still reportedly own 25% of […]
Six months after purchasing the song rights of Swedish House Mafia, Björn Ulvaeus’ Pophouse Entertainment has acquired a majority interest in the recordings and publishing catalog of Avicii. Pophouse Entertainment just recently unveiled its newest […]
No matter what you think about his behavior and politics, Kanye West is a musical machine. As of this writing, he’s sold more than 160 million albums, scored 69 Top 40 and 20 Top 10 […]
Photo Credit: Peter Hutchins / CC by 2.0 Kanye West refutes Billboard’s report, saying his publishing catalog has been put up for sale without his knowledge. After Billboard reported that he had allegedly been looking to sell […]