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Primary Wave Music Founder Larry Mestel on the Booming Song-Catalog Market, and How He Plans to Spend $2 Billion

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan selling their catalogs for $600 million, Genesis and Phil Collins for $300 million, Stevie Nicks for $100 million — over the past few years dozens of artists have sold the rights to their music catalogs for eight or nine figures. There are all kinds of reasons why this is happening: Artists are getting older and are basically estate planning, the pandemic proved that copyrights can be a great investment, and the booming market is bringing more and more buyers and sellers to the table. But what do you do with that catalog once you’ve bought it? The old approach was to basically to sit and wait for the songs to make money — through radio, sales, use in films or TV shows or advertising campaigns, Broadway shows and lots of other ways.

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Primary Wave Music Strikes $2 Billion Deal With Brookfield to Invest in Music Copyrights

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Primary Wave Music, a top player in the music-catalog and publishing boom, has joined forces with Brookfield Asset Management in a $2 billion deal to invest in music copyrights, the companies confirmed. The news was first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Brookfield, which is new the space, will take a significant minority interest in Primary Wave, and commit $1.7 billion to fund a permanent capital vehicle focused on acquiring music rights from top acts. Primary Wave Music is primarily a music publisher but has become a leader in the catalog-acquisition business with its ability to market those catalogs biographical films, Broadway shows, song interpolations and brand deals. Its assets include interests in the catalogs of Whitney Houston, James Brown, half of the Prince estate, Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks and more.

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Whitney Houston Special Featuring Unseen Footage to Premiere on CBS

Sasha Urban editorEntertainment Tonight will release never-before-seen footage of the late Whitney Houston in the new CBS special, “Whitney, a Look Back,” set to air on April 2 at 8 p.m. on CBS and available to stream the next day on Paramount Plus.Entertainment Tonight, which is also producing the special, will release the footage from its vault, in addition to new interviews with stars including Dionne Warwick, Clive Davis, CeCe Winans, Monica and Kelly Price.

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10 Years After Whitney Houston’s Death, the Singer’s Estate Sees Quadruple Growth in Earnings

Geoff Mayfield Ten years ago today, the world lost Whitney Houston. She was 48 years old and on the precipice of a long-awaited comeback that was tragically cut short the night before the 2012 Grammy Awards.

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14.12.2021 / 18:14

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Primary Wave announces deal with James Brown estate

Primary Wave Music has announced a deal with the James Brown estate which sees it acquire a stake in the late musician’s song rights, recording royalties, and name and likeness rights.The music company says that it will “also continue a partnership with the estate, which will include several projects related to The James Brown 2000 Trust, which was established in 2000 by Mr Brown for charitable and educational purposes”.Plus, “the estate will now have access to Primary Wave’s entire marketing team, digital team, publicity department, branding team, and publishing infrastructure which includes licensing and sync opportunities”.Confirming the deal, Primary Wave CEO Larry Mestel says: “I feel good! Wow, I am awed that Primary Wave has been

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Primary Wave announces deal with Gerry Goffin estate

Primary Wave Music announced a deal on Friday with the estate of Gerry Goffin, who co-wrote songs like ‘The Loco-Motion’, ‘Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow’, ‘So Sad The Song’ and ‘Saving All My Love For You’. Through the deal – which is reportedly worth $20 million – Primary Wave has acquired a stake in the revenues generated by Goffin’s catalogue.Confirming the deal, Primary Wave boss Larry Mestel says: “The songs Gerry Goffin penned over the course of his incredible career have proven to be ageless and have stood the test of time.

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Ashton Sanders Tapped To Play Bobby Brown In Whitney Houston Biopic As Black Label Media Joins as Co-Financier

EXCLUSIVE: Ashton Sanders has joined the cast of the biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody, the upcoming feature about the late musical icon, Whitney Houston. Sanders will play Bobby Brown and sources also tell Deadline that Black Label Media is coming on board to co-finance the film with Compelling Pictures and Primary Wave Music.

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‘Queen’s Gambit’ Alum Moses Ingram To Play Robyn Crawford In Sony And TriStar’s Whitney Houston Biopic ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’

EXCLUSIVE: Moses Ingram is set play Robyn Crawford opposite BAFTA winning actress Naomi Ackie in Sony Pictures and TriStar Pictures’ musical biopic, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, based on the epic life and music of the iconic singer. Penned by Academy Award nominee Anthony McCarten with Stella Meghie directing.

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Sony signs on for Whitney Houston biopic ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’

I Wanna Dance With Somebody.The studio, along with its TriStar division, will helm the project written by Bohemian Rhapsody‘s Anthony McCarten and directed by The Photograph‘s Stella Meghie. A November 2022 cinema release is promised as part of the deal.I Wanna Dance With Somebody has the backing of Houston’s estate as well as music producer Clive Davis.

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How We Work Now: Primary Wave Founder/CEO Larry Mestel

In a new series amid the coronavirus pandemic, Billboard is asking individuals from all sectors of the music business to share stories of how they work now, with much of the world quarantined at home and unable to take in-person meetings, attend conferences or even go into the office. Submissions for the series can be sent to HowWeWorkNow@Billboard.com.

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Whitney Houston Biopic 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' in the Works From Clive Davis and Houston Estate

Music producer Clive Davis is working with the estate of late singer Whitney Houston for the biopicI Wanna Dance With Somebody. Anthony McCarten, the writer behind the Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, will pen the screenplay, while Stella Meghie, who was behind the Issa Rae romance The Photograph, will direct.

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Whitney Houston Biopic in the Works With Director Stella Meghie

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Whitney Houston Biopic in the Works From Clive Davis & Houston Estate

Music producer Clive Davis is working with the estate of late singer Whitney Houston for the biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody.Anthony McCarten, the writer behind Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, will pen the screenplay, while Stella Meghie, who was behind Issa Rae romance The Photograph, will direct.Pat Houston will produce the movie on behalf of the Houston Estate, along with Davis, Primary Wave Music's Larry Mestel, Denis O’Sullivan and McCarten.With the backing of the estate, I Wanna Dance With Somebody will be able to utilize Houston’s music catalog.

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