Hipgnosis Songs Share Discussion Threads

[picnic] 06/1/2021 10:58

According to the BBC website the estimated cost of the Neil Young package was
150 m dollars (£110m).

[hectorscrackhouse] 06/1/2021 09:52

bought a few on the strength of the Neil Young purchase.

[bump3r] 06/1/2021 09:14

Where is all the money coming from to fund these aquisitions?

They announced they were looking to raise more cash early Dec after some large deals .

Yet we have 3 purchases in the past 3 days.

Are we reinvesting free cashflow?

[janhar] 06/1/2021 09:04

Merc's been busy but I guess there is a queue of artists who haven't made any money since March who are desperate to cash in.

[picnic] 06/1/2021 08:37

Another one today- Neil Young ,or at least 50% of.
Must admit to being a fan of Neil.

[janhar] 05/1/2021 08:01

Another catalogue today - Fleetwood Mac

[janhar] 05/1/2021 06:41

I agree - I just hope he's not paying over the odds. Time will tell

[melody9999] 05/1/2021 00:02

If I was Merc, there is no way I would release pricing on a catalogue basis. If I did, I would just be setting the floor price for the next catalogue which the artist would then try to improve on.

[janhar] 04/1/2021 12:32

They only have to declare if they pay more than 5% of their mkt cap

[sf5] 04/1/2021 12:05

I thought SONG never quote pricing etc for individual catalogues. But they sometimes give aggregate figures in the half yearly reports if they've made a number of recent acquisitions. This is entirely understandable on privacy/commercial sensitivity grounds. Possibly the institutions are given greater insight?

[jeffian] 04/1/2021 11:35

Seems odd to put out a (long!) RNS including all the 'arty' stuff and not mention the price or income and impact on profits etc. These boys might know their music but I'm not sure if they understand how the stock market works!

[janhar] 04/1/2021 09:26

Would love to know what they are paying for these catalogues

[melody9999] 04/1/2021 09:20

interesting Lovine acquisition includes film royalties.

[tiltonboy] 12/12/2020 07:38

Earned £45m in royalties since being released.

[rambutan2] 12/12/2020 04:47

Kerching!

Completing a journey 26 years in the making, Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You has reached number one in the UK singles chart.

Taken from Carey's album 1994 Merry Christmas, the modern classic was originally held off the top spot by East 17's Stay Another Day.

However, it finally climbed to the summit this week, after being streamed 10.8 million times.

"Happy Christmas UK! We finally made it!" said Carey on hearing the news.

[sf5] 10/12/2020 10:09

Useful insight into professional investor's views on SONG and Round Hill

[miti 1000] 09/12/2020 15:55

Just been credited my song shares from the c issue...sold all of them...hopefully will buy back in when they raise money which clearly they are going to in the near future.

[busterdog2] 09/12/2020 12:48

Good, he's not to everyone's taste. And good to see Nile Rogers complaining about artists streaming income.

[bump3r] 09/12/2020 10:53

Bob Dylan rejected Hypgnosishttps://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/bob-dylan-hipgnosis-offer-1100912/

[epo001] 08/12/2020 10:57

Third parties have longer to exploit the assets than some artists. And wasn't, as always, Bowie well ahead of his time with Bowie Bonds? Back in... 1997.

EDIT: Bowie's son has also suggested on Twitter that perhaps Dylan was engaging in some savvy tax planning.

[fidra] 08/12/2020 10:05

Does it possibly make the assets here worth more to a third party?

[epo001] 08/12/2020 09:52

Dylan is not a young man and cash in the bank is cash in the bank! His legacy can look after itself.

Yesterday I saw some ageing rocker on Twitter (David Crosby, of CSNY, I think) moaning that streaming had more or less killed off record/CD sales revenue and that he would have to do the same. I'm guessing that Hipgnosis just anticipated this eventuality by a year or so.

[sf5] 07/12/2020 22:58

Yes it bothers me that this is becoming a crowded asset space. More competition bidding for song rights will tend to boost prices paid and so reduce future shareholder returns (other things being equal). Only the songwriter benefits from this!

[jeffian] 07/12/2020 22:53

I was depressed to note that the BBC's online report had to use the opening paragraph to explain who Bob Dylan was! If I didn't feel old before, I do now.