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2022
BMG acquires rights to John Lee Hooker's catalog
BMG acquired rights to John Lee Hooker's publishing catalog in a deal with Fujipacific Music and the musician's estate. BMG acquired the recorded and performance royalty income and recorded catalog from 1980's Alone, Vol. 1 through 2020's Black Night Is Falling; the publishing catalog has shared ownership.
2021
BMG acquires rights to Tina Turner's music catalogue
Tina Turner sold BMG rights covering her recordings, music publishing writer's share, neighbouring rights, and name, image and likeness; BMG said it would be a partner in all of her music interests.
2021
BMG launches consumer e-commerce service
BMG launched e-commerce services on its online shopping platform for consumers buying engineering consumables. The service was available in South Africa.
2021
BMG partners with Pay Gate for online payments
BMG partnered with accredited online payment specialist Pay Gate to support the safety and security of transactions on its new business-to-consumer platform.
2021
BMG promotes executives in U.S. repertoire and marketing operations
As part of its restructuring, BMG promoted Thomas Scherer to president, repertoire and marketing for Los Angeles and New York, and confirmed Jon Loba as president, recorded music, Nashville.
2021
BMG announces restructuring of its U.S. repertoire operation
BMG announced a streamlined restructuring of its U.S. repertoire operation as part of a growth plan.
2020
BMG acquires Cheyenne Records catalog
BMG acquired the Cheyenne Records catalog, which contains more than 600 master recordings from acts that emerged from the German television talent show Popstars between 2000 and 2010.
2020
BMG launches BMG Online
BMG launched BMG Online, an online shopping platform that allows customers to browse and order from a selection of more than 50,000 BMG products.
2020
BMG announces global partnership with Dark Horse Records
BMG announced a global partnership with Dark Horse Records covering releases from the Dark Horse Records and HariSongs catalogs, Joe Strummer's solo catalog, and new recordings released through BMG.
2019
BMG signs global recordings partnership with Ego Kill Talent
BMG signed a global recordings partnership with Brazilian rock group Ego Kill Talent to release the group's forthcoming studio album.