FIREBIRD LAUNCHES $750M CATALOG BUYING FUND BACKED BY ARES AND RAINE GROUP

The new catalog-buying platform is backed with funds of global investment firm Ares and investment and advisory firm The Raine Group, one of Firebird’s earliest backers.

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FIREBIRD CHIEF NAT ZILKHA LAYS OUT PLAN TO BREAK THROUGH WITH INVESTMENTS IN RED LIGHT, MICK MANAGEMENT & ACCESS TO $1 BILLION

Institutional investors are increasingly using a new playbook when it comes to sinking money into the music industry. Instead of buying individual artist and songwriter rights, some firms have shifted to acquiring stakes in or outright ownership of operational music companies.

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