Photo Credit: Amarjeet Singha, Jay Mehta, Sujar Parekh, Anmol Kukreja, Roydon Bangera Warner Music India takes a minority stake in ticketing and live events platform SkillBox as WMG bets on emerging market growth. Warner Music […]
Ulysses Lee “Junior” Bridgeman had a relatively modest career by NBA standards. He spent 12 seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Clippers, averaging 13.6 points across 849 games before retiring in 1987. He […]
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen appeared in 193 episodes of “Full House” between 1987 and 1995. After that, they starred in dozens of self-produced straight-to-video movies, a couple of other series, and several feature films. Their […]
Singer Shakira has broken her silence on her highly publicized tax fraud case, revealing she feels victimized by the Spanish treasury’s handling of the situation. The singer likened the incident to a witch hunt, claiming […]
Damon Dash’s one-third stake in Roc-A-Fella Records, the iconic hip-hop label he co-founded along with Jay-Z and Kareem “Biggs” Burke, will be hitting the auction block at the end of August. The U.S. Marshal’s office […]
We love it when companies buy each other, don’t we folks? We can all agree Disney buying 900 things has been great for the entertainment landscape, consumerism, and society as a whole. Why yes, I […]
Getty Image It’s been more than three years since Keith Gill—the day trader known as “Roaring Kitty”—sparked a massive movement that turned GameSpot into a stock market sensation, and he’s caused yet another frenzy after […]
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 […]
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH founding guitarist Zoltan Bathory enters another arena with an ownership stake in the Professional Grappling Federation (PGF). Promising jiu-jitsu fans a thrilling sixth season with a grand prize that’s music to […]
Mark Cuban is making sure his Mavericks employees are being taken care of following his sale of the majority stake in the NBA franchise … promising to dole out $35 million-plus in bonuses in the […]
Big news out of Big D … Mark Cuban is selling his majority stake in the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, while still holding onto the reigns in basketball operations. The billionaire is selling his majority stake […]
Owning an NFL franchise is an impressive accomplishment. There are only 32 teams in the league, so it’s not like the chance comes along all too often. Buying a team also means you have a […]
Nearly one year after her death, the estate of Christine McVie has sold the rights to songs she made with Fleetwood Mac. The Newark, N.J.-based investment firm HarbourView Equity Partners is behind the acquisition of […]
When Helen Grant was a young girl in boarding school, she would hide the fact that her father was Peter Grant, the music manager who turned Led Zeppelin into the world’s first stadium rock phenomenon […]
By now you’ve probably heard of, and perhaps even played around, with ChatGPT. In my opinion and experience, ChatGPT is… fine? Even if you ignore the fact that its knowledge cutoff is September 2021, in […]
Photo Credit: Sony Music Masterworks Sony Music Masterworks has announced a majority investment in Proactiv Entertainment, based in Barcelona. Proactiv Entertainment is a leading producer of live music and experiential events across the globe. The […]
Featuring a 580,000 square-foot exterior with a state-of-the-art outdoor LED screen, the colossal MSG Sphere will launch alongside a performance from U2. The developers of Las Vegas’ MSG Sphere have sold their majority ownership in […]
Russ Ballard performing live. Photo Credit: Primary Wave Another day, another catalog acquisition: Primary Wave Music has unveiled a multimillion-dollar deal with 77-year-old singer-songwriter Russ Ballard. New York City-based Primary Wave, having announced a song-rights […]
Singer isn’t the only person who’s taken up Dracula: Dead and Loving It’s cause in recent years, with the defense being that it’s actually a very lighthearted, silly comedy, nothing more and nothing less. But […]
Sarah McLachlan performing live. Photo Credit: EJ Hersom Primary Wave has officially acquired “a stake” in the publishing and recorded catalogs of “I Will Remember You” singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan. New York City-headquartered Primary Wave and […]