It’s time to take stock at the end of one of the busiest years the music business has seen in recent memory. Our special end of year review looks back ...
Hipgnosis has completed its $1.47 billion master trust music rights asset-backed securities (ABS) deal.
Lyra Music Assets (Lyra 24-2) represents Hipgnosis Song Assets' second music royalty securitisation, after a $222 ...
Hipgnosis has promoted Sara Lord to chief creative officer.
She will lead Hipgnosis’ overall engagement with the creative industries to elevate collaboration with the company’s catalogue of iconic songs. ...
Hipgnosis Song Management has announced that founder and chairman Merck Mercuriadis has given notice of his intention to step away as chairman.
Mercuriadis’ departure from the company will be effective ...
US private equity group Blackstone has made a move for Hipgnosis.
Following the board’s acceptance of an offer by Concord on Thursday (April 18) that valued the music rights investment ...
Hipgnosis Song Management (HSM) has appointed Daniel Pounder and Jonathan Baker to roles in its executive leadership.
Daniel Pounder has been appointed chief financial officer, and Jonathan Baker has been ...
Hipgnosis Song Management has appointed Ben Katovsky as president and chief operating officer, reporting directly to CEO Merck Mercuriadis.
The appointment comes as the FT reports that Hipgnosis is in ...
BMG has announced the actions it will take following completion of the first stage of a review of its historic acquired recorded music catalogues to probe for evidence of racial ...
BMG’s move to axe controlled composition won widespread praise from industry bodies – but COO Ben Katovsky is not convinced other labels will follow suit.
NMPA president/CEO David Israelite called ...
BMG COO Ben Katovsky has told Music Week that the label’s axing of ‘controlled composition’ clauses is just the start of its programme of artist contract reform.
The move to ...
