Auditchain prepares to launch its IDO today December 14, 2021 Auditchain Labs has announced that it will be launching its IDO on Trustpad today at noon.
Reckitt to see £2.5bn loss from sale of baby formula business June 7, 2021 Reckitt Benckiser will incur a net loss of £2.5bn on the sale of its baby formula business in China to private equity group Primavera Capital Group. The consumer goods maker said taking into account all costs, including goodwill, it will lose £2.5bn with the sale. Reckitt is selling its infant formula and child nutrition (IFCN) [...]
Music fund Hipgnosis to raise £150m for song-buying spree June 16, 2021 Hipgnosis is set to raise a further £150m through a share placing as the music royalties firm continues to cash in on the booming value of song rights. The London-listed company today said it will raise the funds through the placing of 124m new shares priced at 121p each. This represents a 2.4 per cent [...]
Fresh back from El Salvador with a sense that Bitcoin’s star is rising February 17, 2023 A renewed sense of crypto optimism was waiting on Jason Deane's return from the Bitcoin Racing team's trip to Bitcoin-embracing El Salvador.
Making it online as an artist – and into the metaverse March 7, 2022 It's a difficult ascent to making it as a digital artist on the way to the metaverse, so Kritarth Chhabra and Jakob Seeger made Lemonade.
Misha and The Wolves review: A stunning mystery documentary September 2, 2021 Winning fans at Sundance this year was Misha and The Wolves, a documentary that covers a story that gained a lot of press coverage, but may be new to a number of viewers. It’s the 90’s, and an American publisher Jane Daniel believes she struck gold when she comes across the story of Misha Defonseca, [...]
Why a bespoke wine cellar might not cost what you think September 1, 2021 So maybe you have a burgeoning wine collection: a couple of cases of Super Tuscan you picked up for a good price en primeur, a Château Lafite you’re saving for a special occasion, some Cabernet Franc that won’t be at its best for another six or seven years. What you need, my friend, is a [...]
List and Shout: Round Hill Music raises $282m in London float November 11, 2020 Music royalties firm Round Hill today said it has raised $282m (£212m) from its initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange. The Guernsey-based company, which is an owner and operator of music copyright, has outlined plans to snap up a portfolio of song catalogues with the proceeds of the float. It has already identified [...]
Ericsson and Samsung ink deal to end global patent dispute May 7, 2021 Ericsson and Samsung have signed a multi-year agreement on global patent licences between the two companies, ending a legal battle that hit the Swedish firm’s first-quarter revenue. In a statement this morning Ericsson said the cross-licence agreement covers sale of network infrastructure and handsets from the beginning of this year. The two tech firms have [...]
Screenshot: Will a streaming overhaul tidy up the UK’s messy music sector? July 16, 2021 This week: **Media Moment of the Week: ‘Oh fiddlesticks’ **Could a streaming crackdown tidy up Britain’s messy music sector? Media Moment of the Week: ‘Oh fiddlesticks’ In a situation you wouldn’t have thought possible in 2021, the BBC somehow found a man in Nottingham on Monday morning who still didn’t know the result of the [...]