SHOCKING: 2 - What They Never Told You

Hipgnosis founder accused of ‘cherry picking' best songs for sale

It comes as the fund continues to fight for its survival

Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2024

Hipgnosis Songs Fund chair slams ‘ongoing failures’ as contract error costs up to $4m

It comes as the fund's losses widened to $63.7 million

Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2023

Investors are hearing the wrong tune from Hipgnosis Songs Fund

Fund deriving income from song royalties sounded great in theory but in reality it is a musical mess

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2023

Hipgnosis needs to hit fast forward towards a sale

A second consecutive cancellation of dividends suggests swift and drastic measures are needed at the music rights business

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2023

“The world of music was going through some serious changes and we were not embracing them”: how Yes’s Going For The One and Tormato almost ended things for good

Punk rock, flying fruit and rollerskating accidents – how Yes went from triumph to disaster at the end of the 1970s

Louder · Nov 5, 2023

Owners of Beyoncé and Justin Bieber's music on verge of shutting down

Hipgnosis failed in its bid to receive a new mandate from investors as share prices tanked and its portfolio devalued.

Fortune · Oct 27, 2023

Hipgnosis investors vote against UK-listed song royalties group continuing

Business that bought rights to Neil Young and Béyonce back catalogues must now restructure or face being wound up

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2023

Hipgnosis shareholders vote for resolution to wind up songs fund

The Hipgnosis board will have a final chance to save the fund, once called “the future of music publishing” as it must present its plans for its future within six months

Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2023

ECB warns eurozone economy ‘remains weak’ after leaving interest rates on hold; US growth accelerates to 4.9% – as it happened

Eurozone central bank gives press conference after pausing its cycle of rate hikes, as inflation slows and Europe’s economy weakens

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2023

Hipgnosis board unable to find better offer in $440m song sale

The fund faces a crucial vote on its future this week

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2023