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…

Hipgnosis Song Management Fires Back at Songs Fund Board: ‘Will Vigorously Protect [Our] Interests’

billboard.com Hipgnosis Song Management (HSM), the investment advisor for the troubled music royalty fund Hipgnosis Songs Fund that has come under scrutiny for its handling of accounting…

Statement from Hipgnosis Song Management Limited

benzinga.com LONDON, April 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Further to the announcement published by the Board of Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd ("Hipgnosis Songs Fund" or "the Company") on 18 April…

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…

Blackstone Shakes Up Music Industry With Hipgnosis Bid: Details

benzinga.com Blackstone Inc BX has emerged as a contender in a potential bid to acquire Hipgnosis Songs Fund for approximately $1.5 billion, surpassing a previous offer from Apollo…

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…

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…

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 Rights Buyer Hipgnosis, Home to Justin Bieber and Neil Young Catalogs, Sells to Concord for $1.4 Billion

thewrap.com Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the London company that bought up the rights to the music catalogs of nearly 150 artists from Justin Bieber to Neil Young, is selling itself to Concord…

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…

Music investment firm Hipgnosis agrees $1.4 billion sale to Concord

cnbc.com Nile Rodgers of Chic performs on stage at North Sea Jazz Festival at Ahoy on July 14, 2018 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. London-listed Hipgnosis Songs Fund, the music…

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)…