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Red Hot Chili Peppers sell music catalogue to Warner Music Group for $300m
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Red Hot Chili Peppers sell music catalogue to Warner Music Group for $300m

NME·Max Pilley·22 days ago
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Red Hot Chili Peppers  have sold their recorded music catalogue to Warner Music Group in a deal worth more than $300million (£220million). READ MORE:   Red Hot Chili Peppers: “We feel fresh, like a new band” The band will now give up control of all of their master recordings to the label, with whom they have been signed since 1991’s ‘Blood Sugar Sex Magik’, allowing Warners to collect all future income generated by streaming, radio play, sales and licensing. It follows on from a previous deal that the band struck with Hipgnosis – who now go by Recognition Music Group – to sell the publishing rights to their music for a reported $140million (£102million). According to  The Hollywood Reporter , the new deal has reportedly been financed through a joint venture between Warner Music Group and the investment firm Bain Capital, which launched a $1.2billion (£880million) fund last year to acquire high-profile music catalogues.…

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