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...Every song has two sets of copyrights: one for the recording, and one for the “publishing”, meaning the writing and composition....
...In 2004 parent company Time Warner sold the music division, but the group retained its copyrights to a trove of songs, such as the soundtracks to the Batman films....
...A spokesperson said that deal expired earlier this year but as part of the contract it will carry on administering the songs — and collecting a fee for doing so — “for a period of time”....
...Blackstone offered $205mn, said one of these people. Separately, Morgan Stanley’s credit arm last month committed $700mn to buy song copyrights with music company Kobalt....
...On behalf of 17 music publishers including Sony Music Group and Universal Music Publishing Group, the National Music Publishers’ Association filed a suit in the federal district court of Nashville alleging...
...Today, about 60 per cent of BMG’s revenues come from publishing existing music....
...Several big music companies have been alarmed by the rise of AI-generated songs, which alongside the increased popularity of ambient music has contributed to them losing market share on streaming platforms...
...music....
...It will be housed in a large room in central London that is currently showing a vivid carousel of artist David Hockney’s work, with Hanks’s narration weaving around music and digital projections....
...He carried out a gruelling battle for control of Lagardère and spun out Universal Music Group before following through on a long publicly declared promise to retire last year on the 200th anniversary of...
...These publishing catalogues generate small payments every time a song is sold, played on the radio or used in a film or advertisement....
...Sony agreed in February 2021 to buy AWAL, whose artists include Jungle and Little Simz, from Kobalt Music Group, a rights management and publishing group, triggering an investigation by the CMA....
...KKR closes on Kobalt dealA KKR-led investor group is closing in on a $1.1bn deal to buy a song catalogue from indie music company Kobalt spanning hits from Lorde to The Weeknd, in the latest sign of a private...
...Movies and adverts have long given older songs such as “Dreams” the chance of a fresh lease of life, generating years of new royalty revenues for the holders of their publishing rights....
...But we have our own feed and in a few weeks we’re going to start publishing on this one....
...Universal Music, the world’s largest record label and publishing company, floated last month with a market capitalisation of €45bn....
...In recent years specialist funds had been paying three to four times the historic value for music publishing assets....
...(BookTokers believe in sharing their emotions, throwing books they don’t like across a room, screaming or lip-syncing to music.)...
...Music group Kobalt first established the fund in 2010 at a time when there was little interest in publishing rights as an asset class....
...and The Weeknd, from indie music company Kobalt for $1.1bn....
...How do you solve a problem like Maria? Digital assets, to the confusion of investment analysts, have many characteristics in common with the novice nun from The Sound of Music....
...Merck Mercuriadis, founder of music publishing company Hipgnosis of which Rodgers is also an adviser, said he hoped the radical changes proposed would have a global clout, akin to the 1960s “British Invasion...
...In 2000, the lack of transparency fuelled the creation of Kobalt Music Group by Willard Ahdritz, who was determined to prove what a song was really worth....
..., and publishing....
...Songs recorded by Elvis Presley — the label’s first star — are not included, as RCA, now a division of Sony, bought the singer’s rights in 1955....
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