Independent music company Seeker Music Group has successfully finalised its inaugural $267 million Asset Backed Securitisation (ABS) financial agreement, backed by savings and investment business firm M&G Investments. The funds will enable Seeker "to continue expanding its music catalogue, invest in creative talent and modernise rights management through technology," said the company in a statement. The notes, backed by Seeker Music’s recording and publishing portfolio, were rated by Fitch, ...

Independent publisher and music assets management company Primary Wave Music has made a strategic investment in POPS Music, home to a catalogue of Vietnamese and regional repertoire. Terms of the deal will see Primary Wave invest capital in the company, the details of which have not been disclosed, and provide additional resources to POPS Music "for further Southeast Asian catalogue investments to accelerate its IP growth in the region." The injection of capital will allow the company's team "to...

US communications firm Shore Fire Media, a subsidiary of Dolphin, has appointed Angela Barkan as the company's new CEO as outgoing Founder and CEO Marilyn Laverty will transition to Chairman of Shore Fire and Senior Advisor to Dolphin. Barkan will run Shore Fire’s day-to-day operations and new revenue strategy from the company’s headquarters in New York City. She will lead the company's executive team and report to Dolphin CEO Bill O’Dowd.

“Shore Fire has long set the standard for excellence...