Catalog includes 11 No.1s and 47 Top 10s
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Category archives: Hipgnosis Songs Fund
Hipgnosis secures another $200m to buy music copyrights
Firm says it may request access to a further $150m in the near future
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Hipgnosis acquires 50% of Neil Young’s song catalog for around $150m
Merck Mercuriadis says the deal “changes Hipgnosis forever”
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Hipgnosis fully acquires Lindsey Buckingham song catalog, including 100% writer and publisher share of Fleetwood Mac hits
Buckingham’s songs from Rumours have been streamed over a billion times on Spotify alone
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Jimmy Iovine sells producer catalog royalties to Hipgnosis (so he can build a school)
Iovine is investing the proceeds into building an inner-city high school in LA
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Hipgnosis Songs Fund is now worth $1.7bn… and is on course to generate more than $120m in net revenue this year
Merck Mercuriadis: “We’ve been one of the FTSE 250’s biggest yielders and have now reached a £1.25 billion market cap.”
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Hipgnosis becomes a fully-fledged publisher, buying Big Deal Music to form Hipgnosis Songs Group
Buyout includes admin platform Words and Music, which will be used to leverage better rates on streaming platforms
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Ted Cockle and Amy Thomson join Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis Songs Fund
Cockle named President of ‘Song Management’ company; Thomson takes role as Chief Catalogue Officer
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Hipgnosis buys music catalog from Jay-Z, Kanye West producer Dion ‘No I.D’ Wilson
No I.D. has achieved success with artists including Kanye West, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Usher, Rihanna, Common, Drake and Ed Sheeran
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Hipgnosis’ spending stash grows to nearly $700m, as firm extends debt facility
Credit facility extended to $400m, as Hipgnosis readies another acquisition spree
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