Music Business Worldwide News

1. From Taylor Swift’s masters victory to HYBE’s eventful week… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

   The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days

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2. Taylor Swift buys back master rights to first six albums from Shamrock Capital

   Taylor Swift has successfully acquired the master recordings of her first six studio albums from investment firm Shamrock Capital. The deal brings to a close one of the music industry’s most high-profile ownership disputes. Swift confirmed the news on Friday (May 30) in a handwritten letter to her fans. The transaction involves the master rights … Continued

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3. Scott Levine appointed Chief Executive Officer of TouchTunes

   TouchTunes owns connected jukeboxes in more than 65,000 venues across North America and Europe

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4. Jazmyn Griffin and Tessie Lammle join Wasserman Music to expand Hip-Hop/R&B division

   The two new hires will work on Hip-Hop/R&B projects across Wasserman's Global Festivals and artist representation teams.

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5. HYBE HQ raided by authorities in South Korea amid insider trading investigation

   HQ searched as part of investigation into alleged insider trading by a former executive

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6. HYBE launches subsidiary in China, as K-Pop giant’s global expansion continues

   China is the world's fifth-largest recorded music market

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7. Round Hill, with $1.1bn music portfolio, strikes flurry of catalog acquisitions

   Round Hill Music's portfolio features 200,000 copyrights

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8. Live Nation expands presence in Latin America via acquisition of Dominican Republic promoter SD Concerts

   Saymon Diaz, Founder & CEO of SD Concerts, will continue to lead the business

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9. Grammy winner Rodney ‘Darkchild’ Jerkins strikes music rights deal with HarbourView

   HarbourView said the deal was facilitated by Swedish music technology company Chapter Two

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10. South Korea financial watchdog reportedly plans to refer HYBE’s Bang Si-hyuk to prosecutors over alleged IPO fraud

    Bang Si-hyuk alleged to have misled HYBE investors in 2019

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