News Create Music Group strikes JV with Star Trak Entertainment, The Neptunes’ former label Star Trak Entertainment was founded in 2001 by Rob Walker, plus Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo of The Neptunes
News Create Music Group strikes JV with Ty Dolla $ign and Shawn Barron’s EZMNY Records EZMNY Records was co-founded by Ty Dolla $ign and co-founder Shawn Barron, who signed Ty Dolla $ign to Atlantic Records back in 2012.
Analysis News From Create buying Monstercat to WMG earnings… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Create Music Group acquires again, swooping for indie electronic label Monstercat Create plans to invest additional $50m over the next two years in artist development, artist advances, and platform support across Monstercat’s roster
Analysis News From Warner’s superfan app to Create buying !K7… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Create Music Group acquires !K7 Music, founded by the late Horst Weidenmüller The deal had been in the works before Horst Weidenmüller’s passing in February
News Create Music Group acquires deadmau5 and mau5trap Records catalogs in $55m+ deal The deal also includes the formation of a JV under which Deadmau5 and Mau5trap will release new music via Create
Analysis News From Amazon’s Suno tie-up to Kobalt’s new publishing platform… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News $1bn-valued Create Music Group acquires catalog from Pack Records as companies form new JV CMG and Pack's existing partnership is being expanded to include recorded music and publishing
Analysis News From Suno being sued by GEMA to Weverse’s 150m lifetime downloads… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News APG sues Create Music Group for alleged ‘massive willful copyright infringement’ APG alleges Create signed 'bogus' contracts with artists, plagiarized music, and filed false copyright claims with YouTube
Analysis News From the United States vs. TikTok to Sony pulling its catalog from Boomplay… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News $1bn-valued Create Music Group acquires 50% stake in UK label and publisher Enhanced CMG's investment comes after closing a $165 million investment round earlier this year
News After raising $165m at a $1bn valuation, Create Music Group acquires UK-based label Ostereo Ostereo founder Howard Murphy to exit the company
Analysis News From the majors’ AI lawsuit to Believe’s big acquisition plans… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…