Warner Music strikes partnership with $90m-backed influencer text-messaging platform Community

The partnership will see select Warner Music artists given the power to “personally text with fans” via a 10-digit Community number – about exclusive releases, ticket sales, merch, and more, “free”, according to a statement “of social algorithm interference, spam, and ads”. Source: Warner Music strikes partnership with $90m-backed influencer text-messaging platform Community

Round Hill’s UK Fund has spent $342m on acquisitions – and is buying catalogs at a multiple of 16.2x

Round Hill’s publicly-traded UK fund has published its first set of interim financial results, for the period ended June 30,  2021. As of that date, Round Hill Music Royalty Fund Limited (RHM) had invested approximately USD $342 million. That money went on the acquisition of 38 catalogs, plus the purchase of a 29.1% stake in RH Carlin Read More …

Pex launches new copyright dispute resolution service in partnership with WIPO Center

Los Angeles-based music licensing platform Pex has partnered with the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center to provide what it claims to be “an industry first” – an impartial human review system for copyright infringement. The system is intended for use by all of those who create and house content, including creators, rightsholders, and Read More …