Haddaway Sells Recorded Stake, Including ‘What Is Love,’ to BMG

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Haddaway performing live. Photo Credit: Raimond Spekking About four months after doubling down on its plans to purchase song rights, BMG has acquired the “royalty interests” of “What Is Love” artist Haddaway. Berlin-headquartered BMG unveiled […]

Primary Wave Buys Whitney Houston Catalog Stake In Latest Play

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Whitney Houston performing live in 2010. Photo Credit: Egghead06 About five weeks after selling “a significant minority interest” to Brookfield Asset Management as part of a wider $2 billion partnership, Primary Wave has acquired a […]

Sony Music Masterworks Acquires Majority Stake in MAC Global

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Photo Credit: Sony Music Masterworks Sony Music Masterworks has announced a new majority investment in Dubai-based MAC Global. MAC Global is a regional concert promotion, talent management, and events and production company. It was founded […]

Huey Lewis and The News Sells Catalog Stake to Primary Wave

Huey Lewis and The News Sells Catalog Stake to Primary Wave

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, […]

Shamrock Capital, Owner of Taylor Swift’s Catalog, Sells Minority Stake

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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 […]

Live Nation Buys ‘Significant Equity Stake’ In Broccoli City Festival

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Broccoli Festival founders Brandon McEachern and Marcus Allen. Photo Credit: Live Nation Live Nation has officially acquired a “significant equity stake” in Washington, D.C.’s Broccoli City Festival and added the annual event’s founders to its […]

Pophouse Entertainment Acquires Majority Stake In Avicii’s Catalog – EDM.com

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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 […]

Avicii Estate Sells Masters, Publishing Catalog Stake to Pophouse

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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 […]

Simple Minds Founding Members Sell Catalog Stake to BMG

Simple Minds Founding Members Sell Catalog Stake to BMG

Simple Minds’ Charlie Burchill (left) and Jim Kerr. Photo Credit: Dean Chalkley BMG has officially acquired “key music interests” from Scotland’s Simple Minds – though the deal doesn’t encompass a publishing stake in the 45-year-old […]

Bob Dylan Sells Traveling Wilburys Catalog Stake to Primary Wave

Bob Dylan Sells Traveling Wilburys Catalog Stake to Primary Wave

Bob Dylan performing live. Photo Credit: Alberto Cabello Primary Wave has officially acquired Bob Dylan’s interest in the work of The Traveling Wilburys. New York City-based Primary Wave, which has quietly closed a number of […]

Primary Wave Acquires Stake in Even Stevens’ Music Publishing Catalog

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Photo Credit: The Depot Primary Wave Music has struck a music publishing deal with Grammy-nominated songwriter, Even Stevens. The deal will see the independent publishing giant acquire a stake in the songwriter’s music publishing catalog. […]

Primary Wave Announces Stake in Songwriter David Malloy’s Catalog

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Photo Credit: Primary Wave Music Primary Wave Music has acquired a stake in songwriter David Malloy’s music publishing catalog. The terms of the deal will also see Primary Wave acquiring various producer royalties, too. Malloy’s […]

Create Music Group Buys Majority Stake In YouTube Curator The Nations

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Photo Credit: Javier Miranda Create Music Group, which bills itself as “one of the fastest growing music technology companies in the entertainment industry,” has acquired a majority interest in The Nations, a collection of popular […]