Photo Credit: Maryanne Bilham Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the worldwide rights to CARLOS, a feature-length documentary film about Carlos Santana. The film will be directed by Rudy Valdez (The Sentence, We Are: The Brooklyn […]
Photo Credit: Artapixel The Italian regulatory agency ruled against Meta in the SIAE music rights case, ordering the company to resume talks with SIAE and put SIAE-protected music content back on Facebook and Instagram. Italy’s […]
An aerial shot of Isla Verde in Anuel AA’s native Carolina, Puerto Rico. Photo Credit: Coolcaesar Almost eight months after unveiling a deal for manager Albert Grossman’s “commission rights,” the ICM Crescendo Music Royalty Fund […]
Madonna — and a drag queen — are bringing the “Celebration Tour” to Nashville this winter amid Tennessee’s new legislation against drag performers. The 64-year-old “Express Yourself” icon announced eight additional tour dates on Monday, […]
There’s a family battle brewing among The Isley Brothers … with Rudolph Isley accusing his younger brother Ronald Isley of going behind his back and possibly cutting him out of a ton of money. According […]
Frank Sinatra recording circa 1955. The Netherlands’ Pythagoras Music Fund has officially announced the acquisition of Barton Music’s publishing catalog, which includes the rights to songs popularized by Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Nat […]
Photo Credit: Paul Hudson / CC by 2.0 The Jesus and Mary Chain have settled with Warner Music Group over the band’s efforts to terminate the music label’s rights to its music. According to court documents filed […]
Riz Ahmed, Dev Patel, Judd Apatow, Mira Nair, and Mark Duplass are among the many admirers of the Oscar-nominated documentary All That Breathes, directed by Shaunak Sen. Now you can add the people at Criterion […]
Sonny Rollins has sold his catalog to Reservoir Media. Photo Credit: Mamadi Doumbouya Reservoir Media has officially acquired the song rights of “renowned saxophonist and living jazz icon” Sonny Rollins. New York City-based Reservoir (NASDAQ: […]
Pictured at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on February 5th, 2023 (l to r): Peter Leathem OBE, CEO of PPL; Gebre Waddell, CEO & Founder of Sound Credit; and Tim Smith, Bee […]
Bieber, at the age of 28, has sold his rights to all the music he released before 2022 for a reported $200 million. Why? Justin Bieber is the latest artist in a growing list of musicians who have […]
A little less than one year after concluding a long-running legal battle with the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC), performance rights organization Global Music Rights (GMR) has settled a pair of lawsuits that it filed […]
Yes have sold the rights to their recorded music catalogue. The legendary prog rockers have agreed a deal with Warner Music Group (WMG) over the rights to their Atlantic Records albums, a total of 29 […]
Dion has sold his publishing catalog to Reservoir Media. Photo Credit: David Godlis Another day, another catalog acquisition: Reservoir Media (NASDAQ: RSVR) has officially announced a deal for the song rights of Dion DiMucci. New […]
Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek. Photo Credit: Daniel van Bloppoel The Doors guitarist Robby Krieger and the estate of keyboardist Ray Manzarek have inked agreements to sell “all aspects” of their interests in the famed […]
Tosin Cole was larking about on the set of the Warner Bros House Party reboot in Los Angeles when an email dropped from casting director Kim Coleman (BlacKkKlansman) about Emmett Till’s story. “I was like, ‘I’m filming […]
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 […]
Photo Credit: Fresh On The Net / CC by 2.0 A couple hates “Last Christmas” by Wham! so much they’re trying to buy the song rights so they can take it off the air forever. […]
Peter Frampton. Photo Credit: BMG BMG has officially acquired the “music interests” of “Show Me the Way” vocalist, songwriter, and producer Peter Frampton as part of a far-reaching deal. Bertelsmann’s BMG unveiled its agreement with […]
Dean Martin circa 1959. Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group (IAG) has acquired an “equity position” in the entertainment rights – extending to music, an array of film and television projects, and more – of Dean […]