Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth WVH Ink Major-Label Deal for New Album

Wolfgang Van Halen's Mammoth WVH Ink Major-Label Deal for New Album

Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth WVH have signed to BMG for the release of their sophomore album, which is expected to drop this summer. Mammoth WVH’s upcoming full-length effort will follow 2021’s self-titled debut, which yielded […]

Salt Acquires Björn Ulvaeus’ Session, Unveils Buma/Stemra Deal

Salt Acquires Björn Ulvaeus’ Session, Unveils Buma/Stemra Deal

Photo Credit: Spotify Royalty-collection platform Salt has inked a decade-long deal with the Netherlands’ Buma/Stemra and announced the acquisition of Björn Ulvaeus’ Session. London-based Salt, which bills itself as “a next-generation music society back-office SaaS […]

Alliance Entertainment SPAC Deal Flails As NYSE Delists Shares

NYSE Music Acquisition Corporation

Photo Credit: Ken Lund / CC by 2.0 Earlier this week, Alliance Entertainment completed its merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) – while also revealing that it wouldn’t list on the NYSE after […]

SESAC Digital, Wise Music Ink Southeast Asia Licensing Deal

SESAC Digital, Wise Music Ink Southeast Asia Licensing Deal

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo Credit: Chander Mohan SESAC and Wise Music Australia have officially inked a licensing agreement to bring the latter company’s catalog to Asian nations including Singapore, Vietnam, and India. Blackstone’s SESAC and […]

Warner Chappell Music Korea Signs a Global Publishing Deal with MZMC Inc.

Warner Chappell Music MZMC Inc. publishing deal

Photo Credit: MZMC Inc. Warner Chappell Music Korea announces signing a global publishing deal with MZMC Inc., a leading production and publishing company in expanding K-pop worldwide. Warner Chappell Music has signed a worldwide publishing […]

Michael Jackson Estate Reportedly Eyeing $900 Million Deal For 50% Stake In The MJ Music Catalog

Michael Jackson Estate Reportedly Eyeing $900 Million Deal For 50% Stake In The MJ Music Catalog

Michael Jackson’s reputation has taken some serious damage in the last few years. And that’s putting it mildly. Anyone who watched the 2019 “Leaving Neverland” documentary likely looks at the former “King of Pop” very […]

DJ Khaled Bids Adieu to Sony Music, Inks Exclusive Deal with Def Jam/UMG

DJ Khaled Sony Music

Photo Credit: Meghan Roberts / CC by 2.0 DJ Khaled bids adieu to Sony Music, joining the Def Jam and Universal Music Group family in a newly-created global creative consultant role. In a press conference […]

Hipgnosis Song Management Scores Tobias Jesso Jr. Catalog Deal

Hipgnosis Acquires Sam Hollander's Music Catalog

Hipgnosis Song Management (HSM) has officially acquired the rights to “around 40 songs” that Tobias Jesso Jr. penned between 2015 and 2020. An exec from London-headquartered Hipgnosis Song Management reached out to Digital Music News […]

CAA Inks Deal With Web3 Label Hume

CAA virtual artist

Photo Credit: Hume CAA aims to create opportunities for Hume’s roster of virtual artists with top brands. Are broader audiences ready for this? Virtual artist experiment FN Meka went down in flames, a new cast […]

Ultra International Music Publishing Acquires Zaytoven Catalog, Announces New Futures Deal

Photo Credit: Ultra International Music Publishing Zaytoven deal

Photo Credit: Ultra International Music Publishing Ultra International Music Publishing has announced a co-publishing deal with acclaimed songwriter/producer Zaytoven in addition to acquiring his existing catalog. Ultra International Music Publishing (UIMP), a leading independent publisher […]

Dr. Dre Selling Catalog Rights to UMG, Shamrock; $200M+ Deal

Dr. Dre's seminal The Chronic: is it part of this juicy deal?

Dr. Dre’s seminal The Chronic: is it part of this juicy deal? Dr. Dre has reportedly sold a sizable chunk of his music rights — at a juicy multiple — to Shamrock Holdings and Universal […]

‘Popeyes Meme Kid’ Dieunerst Collin Playing College Ball, Nabs Popeyes Deal

‘Popeyes Meme Kid’ Dieunerst Collin Playing College Ball, Nabs Popeyes Deal

Dieunerst Collin, likely known to you and yours as the Popeyes meme kid, is now a freshman playing football for Lake Erie College. And the 19-year-old fittingly just secured a deal with Popeyes. As reported […]