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Saw some ramblings in a few places about who's pushing artist to challenge Spotify to break a huge $100million contract with Joe Rogan.

Neil Young

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young

  • Young had sold the rights to his back catalog to a British investment company Hipgnosis Songs Fund

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipgnosis_Songs_Fund

  • As of January 2021, Hipgnosis Songs Fund partially or fully owned more than 57,000 songs.[6] In July, the fund was valued at $2.2 billion.[38] In October 2021, the Blackstone Group announced a partnership with Hipgnosis Songs Management backed by $1 billion in funds managed by Blackstone. It also acquired an ownership stake in Hipgnosis.[39]

https://citywireasia.com/news/blackstone-appoints-former-pfizer-ceo-as-senior-advisor/a1387753#

  • Blackstone appoints former Pfizer CEO as senior advisor. Kindler was the former CEO of Pfizer, where he served for eight years. The healthcare expert was also formerly a member of President Barack Obama’s management advisory board.

Barry Manilow

https://deadline.com/2022/01/barry-manilow-spotify-rumor-neil-young-peter-frampton-1234922118/

  • Despite rampant Twitter rumors over the last two days, Manilow says he is not removing his music from streaming service Spotify... “I recently heard a rumor about me and Spotify,” Manilow tweeted today. “I don’t know where it started, but it didn’t start with me or anyone who represents me.”

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/hipgnosis-acquires-recording-royalties-for-barry-manilow-catalog/

  • Hipgnosis has purchased the music royalty catalog of adult-contemporary hitmaker Barry Manilow
Saw some ramblings in a few places about who's pushing artist to challenge Spotify to break a huge $100million contract with Joe Rogan. Neil Young https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young - Young had sold the rights to his back catalog to a British investment company Hipgnosis Songs Fund https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipgnosis_Songs_Fund - As of January 2021, Hipgnosis Songs Fund partially or fully owned more than 57,000 songs.[6] In July, the fund was valued at $2.2 billion.[38] In October 2021, the Blackstone Group announced a partnership with Hipgnosis Songs Management backed by $1 billion in funds managed by Blackstone. It also acquired an ownership stake in Hipgnosis.[39] https://citywireasia.com/news/blackstone-appoints-former-pfizer-ceo-as-senior-advisor/a1387753# - Blackstone appoints former Pfizer CEO as senior advisor. Kindler was the former CEO of Pfizer, where he served for eight years. The healthcare expert was also formerly a member of President Barack Obama’s management advisory board. Barry Manilow https://deadline.com/2022/01/barry-manilow-spotify-rumor-neil-young-peter-frampton-1234922118/ - Despite rampant Twitter rumors over the last two days, Manilow says he is not removing his music from streaming service Spotify... “I recently heard a rumor about me and Spotify,” Manilow tweeted today. “I don’t know where it started, but it didn’t start with me or anyone who represents me.” https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/hipgnosis-acquires-recording-royalties-for-barry-manilow-catalog/ - Hipgnosis has purchased the music royalty catalog of adult-contemporary hitmaker Barry Manilow

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