Music Business Worldwide
April 9, 2021
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s round-up is supported by Centtrip, which helps over 500 of the world’s best-selling artists maximise their income and reduce their touring costs.
This week, MBW revealed that BMG and investment giant KKR have jointly committed to spending over $1bn on music copyrights (for starters) via a new deal-hunting partnership.
Meanwhile, speaking of investment funds, Andre de Raaff‘s Netherlands-based CTM has formed a new venture with Dallas-based Outlander Fund with the ambition to invest $1 billion in copyrights over the next five years.