BMG midyear 2021 revenues up 9%, has over $1bn of acquisition deals in play with KKR

BMG saw its half-year revenues grow 9% YoY at constant currency to €296 million ($357m) in the six months to end of June. That represented the music rights company’s best-ever midyear performance since it was formed in 2008. 62.9% of BMG’s revenues in the first half of 2021 were from publishing, with 37.1% from recordings.

Source: BMG revenues up 9% in first half of 2021… and it has over $1bn of acquisition deals in play with KKR