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Infinite Reality Outdoes $207 Million Napster Acquisition with $500 Million AI Company Touchcast Purchase — Are These Guys Just Adding Zeros at This Point?

April 18, 2025

Photo Credit: Infinite Reality Hot on the heels of its jaw-dropping $207 million Napster acquisition, Infinite Reality has announced the acquisition of AI company Touchcast for $500 million (i.e., half-a-bill... Read More...

GoldState Music Scores $500 Million Raise, Eyes Investments in Additional Song Rights and ‘Emerging Music Technology’

Dylan Smith

April 17, 2025

The Los Angeles headquarters of Ares Management Corporation, which has backed GoldState Music in a $500 million round. Photo Credit: Hathaway Dinwiddie About five months after acquiring a reported $200 millio... Read More...

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Kaboom! Music Industry Funding Surpasses $1.9 Billion In Q1, Setting the Stage for a Record-Setting 2025

Paul Resnikoff

April 17, 2025

Driven by a monstrous Pophouse Entertainment infusion, music industry funding is now on a breakneck pace in 2025. According to rounds captured and compiled in DMN Pro’s Music Industry Funding Tracker, total core funding has surpassed $1.9 billion, potentially the start of a record-setting year.

SXSW Is Softening, Music Biz Is Getting a Transplant — Is the NMPA’s Israelite Is Cooking Up the Music Industry’s Next ‘It’ Conference In NYC?

Paul Resnikoff

April 17, 2025

Photo: Luis Quintero Changes are afoot in the music industry conference circuit. You're probably too young to remember the decadent days of MIDEM in the South of France, though these days, look no further th... Read More...

Morgan Wallen’s Ryl Company Gains $15 Million In Series B Funding — With Walmart, Kroger, Costco, 7-Eleven Next On the Distro List

Ashley King

April 15, 2025

Photo Credit: Morgan Wallen and Blodin Ukella Blodin Ukella and Morgan Wallen’s Ryl Company receives $15 million in Series B funding, marking $30 million in growth equity in total. Created in 2022, Morgan Wa... Read More...

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Spotify Executives and Board Members Have Now Cashed Out a Cumulative $1.8 Billion Worth of Stock, According to Public Filings

Paul Resnikoff

April 11, 2025

For Spotify’s top brass and insiders, it’s been a very lucrative few years. But just how much money is being cashed out?

Global Gaming League Raises $10 Million from Investors—T-Pain, Flavor Flav Among Them

Ashley King

April 10, 2025

Photo Credit: Global Gaming League The Global Gaming League has raised $10 million in funding from celebrity investors including T-Pain and Flavor Flav. The league is not focused on eSports, but rather a leag... Read More...

Is This the Year Bad Music Deals Die? BeatBread’s ‘Deal Comparison Tool’ Aims to Help Artists and Indie Labels Vet Competing Offers

Paul Resnikoff

April 7, 2025

Mock deal terms in beatBread's Deal Comparison Tool, with an ‘Expected Case’ for content performance during the deal term (photo: beatBread) For those artists and indie labels lucky enough to have multiple fu... Read More...

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Forget About Streaming — Is a Vinyl Plateau Also Happening?

Paul Resnikoff

April 3, 2025

Vinyl records are the comeback story that nobody saw coming. But are we also missing a pending plateau?

March Music Industry Funding Tops $1.5 Billion as Catalog Financing Surges — Here’s the Latest DMN Pro Data

Dylan Smith

April 3, 2025

Music industry funding achieved a substantial year-over-year increase in March 2025. But the month and its 2024 counterpart still recorded fewer combined raises than March 2023. Photo Credit: Giorgio Trovato ... Read More...

Hybe Gaming Subsidiary Raises $20.5 Million, Targets Expansion Leveraging ‘K-Pop Artist IPs’

Dylan Smith

April 1, 2025

Hybe IM president Wooyong Chung, whose company has announced a new raise. Photo Credit: Hybe Hybe’s gaming division has scored another $20.5 million in funding and touched on plans to leverage its parent’s K-... Read More...

Shamrock Dumps Its Godforsaken Taylor Swift Catalog — But Is the Music IP Hangover Just Getting Started?

Producer-Focused IP Investor Rezonate Music Formally Launches, Reveals $150 Million Bridgepoint Tie-Up

Sync Platform MAIA Universe Draws $1.1 Million Raise With Support from Max Martin and Others

Web3 Ticketing Upstart XP Announces $6.2 Million Raise, Doubles Down on ‘Mission to Build the Most Fulfilling Ticketing Experience’

Intercept Music Announces $50 Million Catalog Partnership, Intends To ‘Begin Deploying Capital Immediately’

Infinite Reality Outdoes $207 Million Napster Acquisition with $500 Million AI Company Touchcast Purchase — Are These Guys Just Adding Zeros at This Point?

GoldState Music Scores $500 Million Raise, Eyes Investments in Additional Song Rights and ‘Emerging Music Technology’

Kaboom! Music Industry Funding Surpasses $1.9 Billion In Q1, Setting the Stage for a Record-Setting 2025

SXSW Is Softening, Music Biz Is Getting a Transplant — Is the NMPA’s Israelite Is Cooking Up the Music Industry’s Next ‘It’ Conference In NYC?

Morgan Wallen’s Ryl Company Gains $15 Million In Series B Funding — With Walmart, Kroger, Costco, 7-Eleven Next On the Distro List

Spotify Executives and Board Members Have Now Cashed Out a Cumulative $1.8 Billion Worth of Stock, According to Public Filings

Global Gaming League Raises $10 Million from Investors—T-Pain, Flavor Flav Among Them

Is This the Year Bad Music Deals Die? BeatBread’s ‘Deal Comparison Tool’ Aims to Help Artists and Indie Labels Vet Competing Offers

Forget About Streaming — Is a Vinyl Plateau Also Happening?

March Music Industry Funding Tops $1.5 Billion as Catalog Financing Surges — Here’s the Latest DMN Pro Data

Hybe Gaming Subsidiary Raises $20.5 Million, Targets Expansion Leveraging ‘K-Pop Artist IPs’