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Hipgnosis battle heats up as Mercuriadis' HSM threatens to use call option to scupper Concord deal

The fund agreed a takeover deal last week with US-based royalties investor Concord

Evening Standard · Apr 22, 2024

UK music investor Hipgnosis agrees £1.1bn takeover by Concord Chorus

Shares in Beyoncé and Neil Young song fund rise amid hopes uncertainty over its future could be over

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2024

One-time ‘future of music publishing’ Hipgnosis Songs Fund sold to US firm

It also appears to be the end of the road for music mogul Merck Mercuriadis’ role in managing the famous songs fund

Evening Standard · Apr 18, 2024

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin? Wagner Group chief presumed dead in plane crash - OLD

Former convict, catering impresario and ally of Vladimir Putin became increasingly vocal critic of Kremlin’s defence chiefs during war in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2023

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin? Wagner Group chief presumed dead in plane crash

Former convict, catering impresario and ally of Vladimir Putin became increasingly vocal critic of Kremlin’s defence chiefs during war in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2023

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin? Wagner Group chief presumed dead in plane crash

Former convict, catering impresario and ally of Vladimir Putin became increasingly vocal critic of Kremlin’s defence chiefs during war in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2023

Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin? Wagner Group mercenary chief presumed dead in plane crash

Former convict, catering impresario and ally of Vladimir Putin became increasingly vocal critic of Kremlin’s defence chiefs during war in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2023

How Russian state media is tearing down Prigozhin’s reputation as a ‘man of the people’

The public broadcast of police raids on Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin’s home and office are an obvious attack on the mercenary’s cherished reputation as a straight-talking patriot fighting against corruption – and, experts say, a warning to anyone else who might challenge President Vladimir Putin’s rule.

France 24 · Jul 7, 2023

Armed rebellion by Wagner chief Prigozhin underscores erosion of Russian legal system

Russia’s rebellious mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin walked free from prosecution for his June 24 armed mutiny, and it’s still unclear if anyone will face any charges in the brief uprising against the military or for the deaths of the soldiers killed in it

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023

US dark-money fund spends millions to back Republican attorneys general

Concord Fund, linked to Federalist Society co-chair Leonard Leo, a lavish supporter of Republican Attorneys General Association

The Guardian - US · Jun 23, 2023