Another day, another flood of music industry deals. How does one keep track? In an effort to provide an overview of the latest acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, licensing agreements and more, Billboard publishes a list of all of the latest pacts that have hit our radar every other Thursday.
This week’s list includes a Cutting Edge deal for AMC Studios’ music rights; a distribution agreement for Hayley Williams‘ new label, Post Atlantic (get it?); the merger of two physical distributors under the umbrella of The Orchard; the latest acquisition for the dance music-focused BEAT Music Fund; a licensing pact that could quite literally save lives; a partnership between VENU and Tixr; and much more.
To start this week, Cutting Edge Group (CEG) acquired full ownership of AMC Studios‘ music rights catalog in a pact that includes both publishing and masters. The deal includes compositions from series including The Walking Dead, Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire, Into the Badlands and Dark Winds. Under the agreement, CEG has secured rights to music from future seasons of existing franchises and will collaborate with AMC Studios on the music for upcoming series, including The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (set to premiere in September), Anne Rice’s The Vampire Lestat (expected next year) and Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order (debuting in October). The deal allows AMC Networks, for which AMC Studios develops and produces original programming, to continue using the music in AMC Studios series.
See below for more of the latest deals in the music business.
