Bertlelsmann's music division BMG and Great Mountain Partners-backed independent music company Concord will merge their operations to create the world's fourth largest music company after Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Subject to regulatory approval, the combined company will be owned approximately 67% by Bertelsmann and approximately 33% by affiliates of Great Mountain Partners, which will also receive a one-...

Believe Music Publishing has signed Swedish artist and songwriter Loreen to a worldwide publishing deal. The agreement will see Believe represent Loreen new album, 'Wildfire', which was released on March 27. The new album’s first single, 'Feels Like Heaven', was written by Loreen alongside Sia and produced by Jesse Shatkin.

Loreen has twice won the Eurovision Song Contest, in 2012 with 'Euphoria' and in 2023 with 'Tattoo'. She has over 2.5 billion global streams across all platforms and ove...

Independent music company Concord has acquired the publishing assets from Mothership Music Publishing. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The deal will see Concord assume the terms of the existing deals with the Los Angeles-based company’s roster of active songwriters, as well as the acquisition of more than 5,000 copyrights across pop, indie pop, rock, alternative, indie folk, Latin, and singer-songwriter genres. Mothership was founded in 2013 as a partnership between Brett ...