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David Rosenthal: belief

23 Jan 2022 Acquired Taylor Swift (Acquired’s Version)

“I suspect what happened is that as soon as this change happened, all the dynamics we were talking about became evident.”

— David Rosenthal

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Speaker
David Rosenthal
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
23 Jan 2022
Publisher
Acquired

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…What's the first thing that comes out in terms of some scuttlebutt on this deal? It's an extended period of time before all the drama, all the beef, and everything comes out around Big Machine and the masters. I suspect what happened is that as soon as this change happened, all the dynamics we were talking about became evident. It now becomes pretty clear that Big Machine is now a securitizable asset essentially and probably should be sold. Scott Borchetta could hang on to it and keep the royalties associated from the old T. Swift masters, but there's not that much else going on that Big Machine has a label. It's now this cash flow asset. The market is hot for securitized IP licensing deals. Hotter than ever.…

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