Concord Raises Offer in Fight to Take Over Hipgnosis Songs Fund

billboard.com Concord Music raised its bid to take over Hipgnosis Songs Fund (HSF) on Wednesday (April 24) to $1.25 per share, one penny higher than the competing offer that Blackstone…

What’s Next for Hipgnosis? A ‘Roller Coaster’ of Missteps Brings the Fund and Its Founder to a Crossroads

billboard.com The cloudy future of Hipgnosis Songs Fund (HSF) became clearer on April 18, when the embattled company’s board of directors publicly supported a $1.4 billion takeover bid by…

Blackstone tops Concord’s bid for Shakira music owner Hipgnosis

theglobeandmail.com Blackstone made a potential offer to buy Hipgnosis Songs Fund for about $1.5-billion, outbidding Apollo-backed Concord and triggering a takeover battle for the owner of…

Hipgnosis Songs Fund Board Likes Blackstone’s ‘Possible’ $1.5 Billion Bid

billboard.com Hipgnosis Songs Fund’s board of directors said on Monday that it would support a takeover bid from Blackstone if the private equity giant officially files its $1.5 billion…

Hipgnosis Drama Continues: Blackstone Bids $1.5 Billion for Troubled Music Fund, Topping Concord

variety.com The already-complicated battle over control of Hipgnosis Songs Fund grew even more so on Saturday, as the private equity firm Blackstone bid $1.5 billion to the troubled…

Hipgnosis in takeover battle as music investor says it would accept rival bid

theguardian.com The troubled owner of music back catalogues ranging from Beyoncé to Neil Young has said that it would accept a takeover offer from Blackstone, after the private equity…

Blackstone Submits $1.5 Billion Takeover Bid for Hipgnosis Songs Fund, Rivaling Concord

billboard.com Private equity giant Blackstone bid $1.5 billion to buy Hipgnosis Songs Fund on Saturday (April 20), marking a significant escalation in the fight for control of the…

There should be no rush to replay Hipgnosis’s noisy stock market experiment

theguardian.com So ends a stock market experiment that is unlikely to be repeated in a hurry: Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the music royalties company with songs by the likes of Beyoncé, Blondie…

Music Catalog Giant Hipgnosis Agrees to $1.4 Billion Sale to Concord

nytimes.com Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the British company that helped kick-start the music industry’s rush for catalog deals — acquiring tens of thousands of songs by Justin Bieber, Neil…

Hipgnosis Songs Fund Agrees to $1.4 Billion Takeover by Concord

variety.com The troubled Hipgnosis Songs Fund, whose former CEO Merck Mercuriadis drove up the value of music catalogs with more than $3 billion in acquisitions before overspending and…

Independent music company Concord agrees to buy Britain’s Hipgnosis for US$1.4-billion

theglobeandmail.com Nashville-based independent music company Concord has agreed to buy Britain’s Hipgnosis Songs Fund for $1.4-billion, the companies said on Thursday, to gain rights to the…

Hipgnosis Songs Fund Agrees $1.4bn Sale to Concord Chorus

billboard.com After a disastrous couple months, Hipgnosis Songs Fund (HSF) has agreed to a $1.402 billion takeover from rival Concord Chorus. In a statement issued early Thursday to the…

UK music investor Hipgnosis agrees £1.1bn takeover by Concord Chorus

theguardian.com The embattled British music royalties investment fund Hipgnosis, which owns the rights to songs by artists from Beyoncé to Neil Young, has agreed to a $1.4bn (£1.1bn)…