Imagem Music Group was a Dutch music publisher. The company was founded in 2008 by the Dutch firm Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, one of the world's largest pension funds, in conjunction with the independent publisher and media company CP Masters BV. It began by acquiring European music publishing rights in a number of catalogues sold by Universal Music Publishing Group after its acquisition of BMG Music Publishing, such as Rondor UK, Zomba UK, 19 Music, 19 Songs, & the BBC catalog; the sale was worth 140 million euros (US$221.5 million).[1] These were sold by Universal after the European Commission ordered the sell-off as a condition of its merger with BMG's publishing arm. This was followed by acquiring the world's leading classical music publishing company Boosey & Hawkes in 2008 and Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization in 2009.
On June 2, 2017, Concord announced that it would acquire Imagem for $500 million. The deal included 250,000 compositions, and tripled Concord's number of publishing copyrights.[2] With the acquisition, Concord merged Imagem with The Bicycle Music Company to form Concord Music Publishing.
Boosey & Hawkes was sold to Imagem in April 2008 for £126m by its private equity owner, HgCapital. The sale was one of the world's largest of classical music. Hg Capital took Boosey & Hawkes off the stock exchange in 2003 for £75m. Under its ownership, the group made six acquisitions in new areas like jazz and tango. Revenues from supplying music for advertising and film were increased, and printing and distribution outsourced.[4]
Rodgers and Hammerstein
In 2009, the estates of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II sold the rights to songs and musicals, including South Pacific, The Sound of Music and Oklahoma!, to Imagem Music Group. The sale transferred power over one of America's most famous song catalogs and the licensing rights for future productions of the musicals, which had been controlled by the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, a Manhattan-based company. As part of the deal, Imagem acquired the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization and retained its management.[5]
References
^"1-Pension fund ABP buys music assets in $250 mln deal". Reuters. 11 April 2008.
^"Concord's $500m+ Imagem buy marks the birth of a major player in music". 2 June 2017.
^"Pink Floyd sign global publishing deal with Imagem". 25 July 2013.
^Healy, Patrick (21 April 2009). "Rodgers and Hammerstein Catalog Sold". The New York Times.
External links
Boosey & Hawkes
Rodgers & Hammerstein
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imagem, music, group, dutch, music, publisher, company, founded, 2008, dutch, firm, stichting, pensioenfonds, world, largest, pension, funds, conjunction, with, independent, publisher, media, company, masters, began, acquiring, european, music, publishing, rig. Imagem Music Group was a Dutch music publisher The company was founded in 2008 by the Dutch firm Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP one of the world s largest pension funds in conjunction with the independent publisher and media company CP Masters BV It began by acquiring European music publishing rights in a number of catalogues sold by Universal Music Publishing Group after its acquisition of BMG Music Publishing such as Rondor UK Zomba UK 19 Music 19 Songs amp the BBC catalog the sale was worth 140 million euros US 221 5 million 1 These were sold by Universal after the European Commission ordered the sell off as a condition of its merger with BMG s publishing arm This was followed by acquiring the world s leading classical music publishing company Boosey amp Hawkes in 2008 and Rodgers amp Hammerstein Organization in 2009 ImagemPredecessorZomba Music PublishingFounded2008SuccessorConcord Music PublishingCountry of originNetherlandsHeadquarters locationHilversumKey peopleAndre de RaaffDenis WigmanOwner s Stichting Pensioenfonds ABPCTM EntertainmentOfficial websitewww wbr imagem wbr comOn June 2 2017 Concord announced that it would acquire Imagem for 500 million The deal included 250 000 compositions and tripled Concord s number of publishing copyrights 2 With the acquisition Concord merged Imagem with The Bicycle Music Company to form Concord Music Publishing Highlights from Imagem s pop catalogue included Nik Kershaw Phil Collins Genesis The Temper Trap M I A Pink Floyd 3 Vampire Weekend Dire Straits and Daft Punk as well as some European rights to Linkin Park and Justin Timberlake Imagem had offices in the Netherlands London New York Los Angeles and Berlin Contents 1 Boosey and Hawkes 2 Rodgers and Hammerstein 3 References 4 External linksBoosey and Hawkes EditBoosey amp Hawkes was sold to Imagem in April 2008 for 126m by its private equity owner HgCapital The sale was one of the world s largest of classical music Hg Capital took Boosey amp Hawkes off the stock exchange in 2003 for 75m Under its ownership the group made six acquisitions in new areas like jazz and tango Revenues from supplying music for advertising and film were increased and printing and distribution outsourced 4 Rodgers and Hammerstein EditIn 2009 the estates of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II sold the rights to songs and musicals including South Pacific The Sound of Music and Oklahoma to Imagem Music Group The sale transferred power over one of America s most famous song catalogs and the licensing rights for future productions of the musicals which had been controlled by the Rodgers amp Hammerstein Organization a Manhattan based company As part of the deal Imagem acquired the Rodgers amp Hammerstein Organization and retained its management 5 References Edit 1 Pension fund ABP buys music assets in 250 mln deal Reuters 11 April 2008 Concord s 500m Imagem buy marks the birth of a major player in music 2 June 2017 Pink Floyd sign global publishing deal with Imagem 25 July 2013 Imagem trumpets Boosey amp Hawkes buy Healy Patrick 21 April 2009 Rodgers and Hammerstein Catalog Sold The New York Times External links EditBoosey amp Hawkes Rodgers amp Hammerstein Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Imagem amp oldid 1141384873, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
