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...Pink Floyd’s surviving band members are in their late 70s and are looking to follow stars such as Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen who have sold their song catalogues for hundreds of millions of dollars in...
...Artists such as Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan have sold their songbooks to music companies for hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years, while private equity firms piled into the market in search...
...The British rock group is testing market appetite in a bid to follow stars such as Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan, who have sold their songbooks for hundreds of millions of dollars as prices have soared...
...Prices for songs have soared while rock stars such as Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan have sold their songbooks for hundreds of millions of dollars....
...Rock star Bruce Springsteen angered fans in the US last year when he adopted dynamic pricing for a tour for the first time, leading ticket prices to surge as high as $5,000....
...Other famous acts, such as Pink Floyd, have explored selling their rights or turning their catalogues into asset-backed securities....
...Read more on the interest in Pink Floyd’s back catalogue here...
...But quality enduring assets like Bruce Springsteen, who sold his catalogue to Sony Music for a reported $550mn, or Pink Floyd — both of which have vast canons — have little to fear from The Fed....
...“That’s something that I don’t think would have been on my radar screen before the murder of George Floyd,” he says....
...The firm’s real estate partner, George Fatheree, approached the Bruce family and worked with them to have the land returned....
...Blackstone seeks Pink Floyd catalogue The US private equity group is vying to buy Pink Floyd’s back catalogue, a big bet on music rights that could value the psychedelic rock band’s songs at almost half...
...A timeless catalogue is the ultimate source of value in the modern music industry — Pink Floyd is negotiating the sale of its own, after deals including the sale of Bruce Springsteen’s catalogue to Sony...
...One scoop to start: Warner Music and KKR-backed BMG are competing to buy Pink Floyd’s entire back catalogue for $500mn as the battle to acquire music rights heats up....
...Bruce Freed, president of the Center for Political Accountability said companies were “wide open to the charge of hypocrisy,” noting the threat this posed to consumer-facing brands’ profits....
...“Citizens United opened up the spigot,” says Bruce Freed, president of Center for Political Accountability, based in Washington....
...When Adams informed Ross and Bruce Beal, Related’s president, of his plans, the two men asked to join his board....
...When public outcry and protests were sparked across the US last spring in the aftermath of the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, some people found themselves saying, “This isn’t...
...Grit in the oyster Since last year’s upheaval after the police killing of George Floyd, companies have been bending over backwards to show their commitment to diversity....
...Bruce Willis’ endorsement of Sobieski, a mid-market vodka, became co-ownership in 2009 when he was paid with a stake in its parent company....
...Bruce Dart, the head of Tulsa’s health department, warned that the rally was a “huge risk”....
...Even during the recent 10,000-strong protests here over the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, masks were dutifully worn by all....
...“He kept the edge but built it like it was a Pink Floyd record.”...
...The young Bruce Lee looks suave and elegant, his hair perfectly slicked back, his suit cut to perfection....
...The former home of Nick Mason, drummer with Pink Floyd, near Highgate Tube station has more than doubled in price in three years....
...His office is strewn with memorabilia, from a picture of a “Born to Run”-era Bruce Springsteen to gold records of his latest star, the DJ Avicii....
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