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In keeping with an impartial valuer quoted in HSF’s monetary filings (and as reported by MBW final 12 months), HSF’s portfolio of copyrights was value USD $2.55 billion on the finish of September 2021.
Six months later (as per HSF’s new annual report) and that very same impartial valuer now says that – as of finish of March 2022 – Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s portfolio was value $2.69 billion.
In different phrases, over the course of six months, Hipgnosis grew in worth by $140 million. Curiously, this $140 million development was achieved by HSF with out shopping for a single catalog within the six months to finish of March.
Elsewhere this week, US-based social video firm Triller printed an open letter from its CEO Mahi de Silva, calling for “each American” to delete its rival TikTok.
Inside the letter, which echoes safety considerations raised by officers within the US concerning the ByteDance-owned app, Triller’s CEO claims that “there isn’t any doubt that TikTok performs a central function in enabling surveillance networks inside and outdoors China”.
The publication of Triller’s letter follows final month’s information that the corporate has filed to go public within the US on the NASDAQ.
Talking of TikTok, this week, MBW requested how a lot TikTok really paid the music business from its $Four billion in revenues final 12 months. As a share of that whole 2021 turnover, the quantity TikTok is estimated to have paid recorded music rightsholders ($179m) works out at 4.5%.
Additionally this week, Three Six Zero acquired the long-lasting SARM Music Village in London, whereas HYBE, the corporate behind Okay-pop stars BTS, struck a world content material take care of The Walt Disney Firm.
Earlier than we dig into that, and our headline above, the now-standard little bit of housekeeping:
Hipgnosis Songs Fund (HSF) is the publicly-traded UK fund that IPO’d on the London Inventory Alternate in 2018;
Its funding advisor is Hipgnosis Track Administration (HSM), which is run by Merck Mercuriadis and his group;
Blackstone final 12 months privately invested a billion US {dollars} in a brand new Hipgnosis fund, Hipgnosis Songs Capital (HSC), along with making an undisclosed funding in Hipgnosis Track Administration;
The latter firm (HSM) just isn’t solely tasked with discovering catalog acquisition alternatives for each HSF and HSC, but in addition with maximizing returns from their owned catalogs vis sync, advertising, streaming and so on.
What was notably attention-grabbing about Hipgnosis Songs Fund (the UK-listed entity) within the second half of its newest fiscal 12 months? It didn’t spend a single penny on catalogs.
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In keeping with MBW’s learn of Goldman Sachs‘ newest Music In The Air report, TikTok paid recorded music rightsholders (i.e. labels and artists) a grand whole of round $179 million in 2021.
Now. In keeping with Bloomberg, TikTok generated revenues approaching $Four billion globally in 2021. TikTok is predicted to triple this determine to $12 billion in 2022.
As a share of that whole 2021 turnover, the quantity TikTok is estimated to have paid recorded music rightsholders ($179m) subsequently works out at 4.5%.
Every part’s bought a bit cozy this summer season.
We haven’t had a correct public falling out within the music business for a while now. However, up steps Triller.
This week, the US-based social video firm printed an open letter from its CEO Mahi de Silva, calling for “each American” to delete its rival TikTok.
The letter, wherein Triller’s CEO “calls for each American to delete TikTok right this moment and the US Authorities to take direct and overdue motion to ban TikTok”, echoes safety considerations raised by officers within the US.
International artist administration firm Three Six Zero has acquired the long-lasting SARM Music Village in London.
The recording facility, positioned in Notting Hill, West London, homes six studios (generally referred to as ‘SARM Studios’) and a set of purpose-built places of work. It had been owned, till now, by Grammy-winning producer Trevor Horn.
SARM Music Village has hosted studio classes from famous person artists together with Paul McCartney, Rihanna, Dua Lipa, Madonna, One Route, Stormzy, Lana Del Rey, Paolo Nutini, Charli XCX, Mark Ronson, and Florence & The Machine.
The Walt Disney Firm Asia Pacific and Korean music large HYBE have signed a world content material deal.
The settlement consists of the worldwide distribution of 5 main content material titles from HYBE, which embrace two unique collection that includes the corporate’s flagship Okay-pop group, BTS.
Within the press launch saying its strategic collaboration with HYBE, Disney says that it’s going to introduce a collection of recent titles from HYBE over the subsequent few years, “because the leisure platform continues to supply high-quality content material primarily based on its music and artists’ IPs”.
