3/30/2024 0 Comments Out sync worth it song![]() ![]() Making an enormous splash last year was the arrival of Hipgnosis Music putting its $262m funding round to work by buying up songs by writers/teams like The-Dream, Poo Bear and TMS as well as taking a 37.5% stake in the catalogue of the late Bernard Edwards, co-founder of Chic. Other notable deals included peermusic buying up Accorder Music, Shamrock Capital acquiring the publishing catalogue of hit machine Stargate and Reservoir Media scooping up the Isley Brothers’ works. ![]() The headline purchase was, of course, Sony/ATV finally taking full control of EMI Music Publishing in a $2.3bn deal. Music publishing catalogues have long been highly prized but 2018 saw something of an acquisition frenzy around catalogues as both old-timers (bulking up their market shares) and new entrants (keen to put their stakes in the ground) went on a high-level shopping spree. But how are these catalogues actually valued by prospective buyers?Įamonn Forde speaks to several different players in the sector, including Synchtank client Primary Wave‘s CEO Larry Mestel (pictured above), about the key value drivers and factors that guide such valuations. Acquisitions in the music publishing space skyrocketed last year, with figures reaching hundreds of millions and even billions for the most high profile deals. ![]()
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