Music is invaluable. Priceless. Having said that, the global music sector of the Media & Entertainment industry makes a lot of money.
A simple attitude adjustment may allow media entrepreneurs to better align with early-stage investors.
There's a hidden corporate architecture in the U.S. that unlocks the upside to early-stage capital investing. Build without it and your business is all downside.
Professional investors provide more value than the money they invest. So, how do entrepreneurs in the creative industries find them?
A consortium of private equity giants recently undertook history’s largest leveraged buyout of a public company. It wasn’t a bank, oil or pharma. It was Media & Entertainment.
Capital markets are increasingly financing and valuing Media & Entertainment through royalty revenues rather than control over distribution.
The UK has a startup investment proposal. It comes with up to 72% downside protection and unlimited upside potential? Worth the risk?
If money is the metric, M&E is near the top of the league tables. But add inherent control over all narrative, and we see all other industries bow before it.
The liberal media, and liberal democracy, is getting nervous. Investors, are not.
The Media C-Suite is releasing our second annual, Media Investor Survey for 2025. As a preview, we take a look at this year’s participating investors.
Major league clubs reach record high valuations just as media rights revenues in the world’s most lucrative market face the challenge of legacy media aging out.
Bootstrapping or VC money? There's a third way that offers the best of both.
Wealthy families around the world are rapidly becoming a major force within venture and private equity investing in Media & Entertainment.
The most influential industry on Earth is ready to dominate in 2025. One surprise will come as the Audience takes its rightful place at the levers of power.
The National Football League (NFL) is following in the footsteps of rugby, soccer, golf and tennis as the global sports industry transitions away from traditional broadcast media.
Shamrock Capital’s US$1.6 Billion Raise Highlights Growing Investor Appetite for Media & Entertainment
Mubadala secures a strategic position in a trending asset class with clear and present benefit to the Media & Entertainment industry, including everything from music, film production and global sports.
Capital ideas, the sound of money and the strategy of optimism. Plus, a US$500 billion demonstration.
The uniting power of international sport is overcoming the politics of sportswashing as Saudi Arabia joins a world of fans.
The costs of competing on a level playing field might be too high for legacy Studios when technology, and creative tenacity, are finally closing the gap between artists and audiences.