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Music Catalog Fund Hipgnosis Sold To Blackstone

Shareholders of Hipgnosis Songs Fund, which in recent years made waves by helping popularize music rights as an asset class, have voted to accept a $1.6 billion takeover from US private equity firm Blackstone, filings showed Tuesday.

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‘Songwriters deserve a bigger piece of the pie’: the music publishing boss on the threat of AI

Shani Gonzales of Warner Chappell says that although people are ‘having fun’ with creating AI songs, ‘what happens when someone tries to sell it?’

The Guardian - UK

Private equity group to improve offer for Beyoncé song fund Hipgnosis

Blackstone to increase bid to level that would value London-listed group at nearly $1.6bn

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“I was keen to get a new audience. It took me until album number three before I found an identity”: The adventure of Peter Gabriel’s first four solo records

Car, Scratch, Melt and Security log the incredible distance he covered between leaving Genesis and creating So

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Founder of Hipgnosis Songs Fund accuses ex-partner over failed business

The now dissolved Hipgnosis Music received funds that were proceeds of fraud, Merck Mercuriadis alleges in court documents

The Guardian - UK

Blackstone Wins Bidding War For UK Music Rights Firm

US private equity firm Blackstone emerged victorious Thursday in a takeover battle for struggling UK music rights owner Hipgnosis Songs Fund, after American group Concord refrained from improving its bid.

International Business Times

Hipgnosis in takeover tussle as UK music investor says it would accept rival bid

Possible counteroffer by Blackstone could derail agreement with US fund Concord Music

The Guardian - UK

There should be no rush to replay Hipgnosis’s noisy stock market experiment

The sale of the music fund ends its tumultuous years as a listed company – and that may be for the best, for it and its investors

The Guardian - UK

UK music investor Hipgnosis agrees £1.1bn takeover by Concord Chorus

Shares in Beyoncé and Neil Young song fund rise amid hopes uncertainty over its future could be over

The Guardian - UK

One-time ‘future of music publishing’ Hipgnosis Songs Fund sold to US firm

It also appears to be the end of the road for music mogul Merck Mercuriadis’ role in managing the famous songs fund

Evening Standard

Beyoncé and Blondie song fund Hipgnosis needs to find a new tune

Investment fund’s shares fell as it cut the value of its music portfolio – either sell-off or break-up looms

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Hipgnosis Songs Fund takeover 'more likely' after portfolio value plunge

The stock fell 15% to hit a fresh all-time low

The Guardian - UK

Hipgnosis cuts value of music portfolio that includes Beyoncé and Blondie hits

Royalties investment fund also to suspend dividends after review lowered valuation by 26% from six months ago

Evening Standard

Hipgnosis Songs Fund seeks indemnity from founder Mercuriadis in 'stolen idea' lawsuit

A spokesperson for Hipgnosis Songs Management and Merck Mercuriadis said both parties denied the claims and intended to defend them vigorously

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Evening Standard

Hipgnosis founder accused of ‘cherry picking' best songs for sale

It comes as the fund continues to fight for its survival

Evening Standard

Hipgnosis Songs Fund chair slams ‘ongoing failures’ as contract error costs up to $4m

It comes as the fund's losses widened to $63.7 million

The Guardian - UK

Investors are hearing the wrong tune from Hipgnosis Songs Fund

Fund deriving income from song royalties sounded great in theory but in reality it is a musical mess

The Guardian - UK

Beyoncé and Blondie song fund Hipgnosis delays results amid valuation concerns

Company says songs have been assessed as worth more by independent valuer than recent transactions in the sector

The Guardian - UK

Beyoncé and Neil Young song fund Hipgnosis sells 20,000 songs for £18m

London-listed music investor sells ‘non-core’ rights at a discount to raise cash as it battles debt pile

The Guardian - UK

Sir Robin Millar: the vinyl revival is exposing artists’ climate ‘hypocrisy’

The producer and disability campaigner who made hits with Sade and Everything But the Girl says it’s time records were banned to save the climate

The Guardian - UK

I can’t go for that: the vexed business of artists selling off their songs

Hall and Oates are embroiled in bitter legal action over the sale of their rights, while rights-owning company Hipgnosis is in trouble. Is the market for songs as assets going out of tune?

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