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Daryl Hall and John Oates have resolved their dispute over Oates’ plan to sell his half of their joint venture to Primary ...
This news will definitely rock you: the entirety of the Queen music catalog is set to be acquired by Sony Music for a whopping $1.27 billion. The archive includes all the band’s massive hits ...
Catalog music accounted for 70% of album consumption in 2021, up from 65% in 2020. Consumption of current tunes declined 4% in 2021, while catalog listening jumped 19%.
Taylor Swift has announced her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl.” The full-length release follows her last original album, 2024’s “The Tortured Poets Department.” That album came out during ...
Paul Simon In 2021, Sony Music Publishing acquired Simon’s catalog for an undisclosed amount, including his solo work and Simon & Garfunkel hits such as “The Sound of Silence" and "Mrs. Robinson." ...
Rumors about the possible music announcement swelled on Monday after Taylor Nation posted several photos of the singer wearing orange.
More than $2 billion has been raised in announced deals so far in 2023, which started with a bang when Hipgnosis Songs Fund bought Justin Bieber's entire catalog for more than $200 million and has ...
Music Catalogs Are Worth More as Streaming Grows — Here’s Why A new paper finds that streaming accounts for 62% of the average multiple of net publisher's share paid for a publishing catalog.
Blockbuster deals for the songs of such superstars Dylan, the Beach Boys, Neil Young, Stevie Nicks — and the latest on the list, Paul Simon, who sold his catalog to Sony Music Publishing — and ...
Taylor Swift has officially bought back the rights to the master recordings of her first six albums — reclaiming control over the body of iconic work.