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Music Industry 

Here’s a running list of artists who have sold some or all of their song catalogues to a new breed of company. (Updated as required)

February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 Alan Cross 21 Comments Catalog Sales, Catalogue Sales, Concord, Eldridge, Hipgnosis, Primary Wave, Publishing, Round Hill

[If you’re seeing this in your feed again, it’s because another deal has gone down. -AC] The music world is

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Music Industry 

My interview with Merck Mercuriadis of the Hipgnosis Song Fund

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 Alan Cross 2 Comments Hipgnosis, Justin Bieber, Merck Mercuriadis, Song Catalogues

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] HOLLYWOOD—Merck Mercuriadis is pretty relaxed for a guy who just made

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Music Industry 

Are we coming to the end of the music catalogue buying frenzy?

September 14, 2022September 15, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Hipgnosis, Interest Rates, Primary Wave, Song Catalogues

If you keep up with the various financial machinations within the recorded music industry, you’ll know that dozens and dozens

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Music Industry 

What are the future prospects for big-money music catalogue sales?

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Catalog Sales, Catalogue Sales, Concord, Hipgnosis, Inflation, Primary Wave

For the last couple of years, I’ve been keeping a running list of all the artists who have sold some

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Music News 

No, Pfizer does NOT have a piece of Neil Young’s publishing catalogue

February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Anti-Vaxxers, Conspiracy, Hipgnosis, Neil Young, Pfizer

Conspiracy theorists are always contorting themselves to prove their crazy allegations. A few of them thought they’d found a smoking

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, October 13, 2021

October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments aliens, Blackstone, Covid, Demi Levato, ETs, Hipgnosis, Motley Crue, Music Festivals, Ozzy Osbourne, Smash Mouth, Streaming, Vinyl

Aliens? Here’s hoping. Then with music news for October 13, 2021… Back to aliens for a second: Demi Levato says

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You know those companies buying up song catalogues? Here’s how one is making back its investments.

July 6, 2021July 7, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Hipgnosis, Merck Mercuriadis

There are at least a dozen well-capitalized companies buying up song catalogues for hundreds of millions of dollars. Their thinking

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, June 16, 2021

June 16, 2021June 16, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ad-Rock, Alex Lifeson, Dave Grohl, Eric Clapton, Facebook, Hipgnosis, Jay-Z, Movie Theatres, NaadSadhana, Podcasts, Radiohead, Roger Waters, Rush, Snapchat, Spotify, Trent Reznor, Vinyl

Want a pizza? Maybe you can use this thing. Take a look and then move on to music news for

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Random music news for Tuesday, June 8, 2021

June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment 50 Cent, Amazon, Apple, Bruce Springsteen, Donald Trump, Foo Fighters, Hard Drives, Hipgnosis, Linkin Park, MIDI 2.0, Paul McCartney, RAM Trucks, Rammstein, Smartphones

The newest height in NFT stupidity? This chicken nugget sold for US$99,997 on eBay. Send in the asteroid. We’re done

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Music Industry 

Report: Red Hot Chili Peppers sell their catalogue to Hipgnosis for US$140 million

May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 Alan Cross 2 Comments Catalogue Sales, Hipgnosis, Red Hot Chili Peppers

In the latest gigantic catalogue sale, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have sold the rights to all their songs going

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, March 18, 2020

March 18, 2021March 17, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ariana Grande, ASUS, Awards Shows, BTS, Drums, Eddie Van Halen, Elvis Presley, Hipgnosis, Imagine Dragons, Joss Stone, Liam Gallagher, Massive Attack, Mike Portnoy, Noel Gallagher, Trading Cards

Just for fun, let’s start with Tom Petty on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. Damn the (photon) torpedos? (Give

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