Music Business News: Europe News After $1.5bn takeover proposal, Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s board tells Blackstone: We’re listening…Bring on a firm offer, HSF's board tells private investment giant News Strap in. Blackstone is ready to bid $1.5 billion for Hipgnosis Songs Fund.To paraphrase Pink Floyd, Will the sun (Concord Chorus) be eclipsed by the moon (Blackstone)? News Believe’s board backs takeover bid from Denis Ladegaillerie-led consortiumThe company will continue to trade on the stock market following the expected buyout. News Concord, financed by Apollo, makes $1.4bn cash bid to acquire Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s assetsBut will Merck Mercuriadis and Blackstone go quietly? Don't bet on that. Analysis News Epidemic Sound’s royalty-free music is played 2.5bn times per day on YouTube and TikTok, but company still struggles to turn a profitThe company says there are now 26 million videos on YouTube and TikTok featuring its music News Harri Davies appointed Head of A&R at RCA Records UKHe most recently held the position of Senior Director A&R at Concord Music Publishing in the UK News Secretly Distribution hires Warner Music’s Rich Thane as Associate Director of Artist & Label StrategyThane is also the founder of music magazine-turned-music company The Line of Best Fit. News Private equity firms Blackstone and CVC eye European festivals organizer Superstruct (report)Conde Nast, KKR and EQT are also interested in the events company, a news report suggests1 2 … 690 Next
News After $1.5bn takeover proposal, Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s board tells Blackstone: We’re listening…Bring on a firm offer, HSF's board tells private investment giant
News Strap in. Blackstone is ready to bid $1.5 billion for Hipgnosis Songs Fund.To paraphrase Pink Floyd, Will the sun (Concord Chorus) be eclipsed by the moon (Blackstone)?
News Believe’s board backs takeover bid from Denis Ladegaillerie-led consortiumThe company will continue to trade on the stock market following the expected buyout.
News Concord, financed by Apollo, makes $1.4bn cash bid to acquire Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s assetsBut will Merck Mercuriadis and Blackstone go quietly? Don't bet on that.
Analysis News Epidemic Sound’s royalty-free music is played 2.5bn times per day on YouTube and TikTok, but company still struggles to turn a profitThe company says there are now 26 million videos on YouTube and TikTok featuring its music
News Harri Davies appointed Head of A&R at RCA Records UKHe most recently held the position of Senior Director A&R at Concord Music Publishing in the UK
News Secretly Distribution hires Warner Music’s Rich Thane as Associate Director of Artist & Label StrategyThane is also the founder of music magazine-turned-music company The Line of Best Fit.
News Private equity firms Blackstone and CVC eye European festivals organizer Superstruct (report)Conde Nast, KKR and EQT are also interested in the events company, a news report suggests