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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)

January 27, 2023January 26, 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 

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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Random music news for Monday, June 14, 2021

June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Brian Eno, Cocteau Twins, Dave Grohl, Jimmy Iovine, KISS, Lady Gaga, Lollapalooza, Music Festivals, Primary Wave, Ramones, Record Mastering, Rod Stewart, TikTok

That’s a lot to pay for a short flight. Still, what a flight, right? Moving on to music news for

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Random music news for Wednesday, May 19, 2021

May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Avicii, Coldplay, Concerts, Glastonbury, Live Nation, Marilyn Manson, Ozzy Osbourne, Pete Wentz, Primary Wave, Red Nose Day, Samsung, Sharon Osbourne, Snap, TikTok

Another blob. What is it? Not one of these blobs. Ponder that as you move to music news for May

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Music Industry 

Why I think classic rock could be a threat to the music of the future

February 8, 2021February 7, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Conchord, Hipgnosis, Killers, Neil Young, Primary Wave, Publishing

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. I was also on Feedback on SiriusXM’s VOLUME channel talking about the issue.

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Random music news for Thursday, December 10, 2020

December 10, 2020December 9, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 5G, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Cardi B, David Lee Roth, Larry Mestel, Livestreams, Long Tail, Monolith, Motorhead, Nostalgia, Pinawa, Primary Wave, Psychedelics, Rappers, Talking Heads, Trapt, Van Halen, Verizon

Before we begin, you may be happy to know that Canada now has its own mysterious monolith. It’s in rural

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Music News 

Random Music News for Tuesday, August 15, 2017

August 15, 2017August 15, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Abbey Road, Artificial Intelligence, Big Ben, China, David Bowie, David Lynch, Facebook, Glenn Gould, iPhone, Joy Division, Lincolnshire Poacher, Mick Jagger, MuchMusic, Numbers Stations, Podcasting, Primary Wave, Radio, Tunein, Twin Peaks, U2, World AIDS Day

On this day in 1965, the Beatles played Shea Stadium in New York. This was pretty much the birth of

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How Much Is Kurt Cobain Worth 20 Years After He Died? Would You Believe $450 Million?

April 8, 2014April 8, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Estate, Kurt Cobain, Primary Wave

That’s the estimate made by The Daily Beast. Larry Mestel has experienced the power of Cobain’s brand firsthand as CEO

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