M&A Deal Summary

SESAC Acquires The Harry Fox Agency

On July 7, 2015, SESAC acquired business services company The Harry Fox Agency from National Music Publishers Association for 20M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SESAC’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is SESAC’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is SESAC’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is SESAC’s 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-07-07
Target The Harry Fox Agency
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) SESAC
Sellers(s) National Music Publishers Association
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 20M USD

Target

The Harry Fox Agency

New York, New York, United States
The Harry Fox Agency, Inc. is a provider of rights management, licensing and royalty services to music publishers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SESAC

Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Category Company
Founded 1930
Sector Digital Media
DESCRIPTION

SESAC is a Music Rights Organization that administers public performance, mechanical, synchronization and other rights. SESAC offers singular licenses for the works of its affiliated writers and publishers that aggregate both performance and mechanical rights in order to drive greater efficiency in licensing for music users, as well as enhanced value for music creators and publishers. SESAC was founded in 1930 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
State (New York) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 3
Year (2015) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-31 Rumblefish

Portland, Oregon, United States

Rumblefish is a provider in music micro-licensing and YouTube monetization. Its micro-licensing platform allows social video networks, video applications and marketplaces to offer music functionality on web, tablet and mobile offerings, providing access to the world’s largest copyright-cleared music catalog of more than 5 million copyrights.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-08-19 Audiam

New York, New York, United States

Audiam is a cloud based interactive streaming agency. It gets its music publishing members accurately paid from YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, Rhapsody, Beats, Amazon Prime, Mood Music, TouchTunes and other interactive streaming services.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

National Music Publishers Association

Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Category Company
Founded 1917
Sector Publishing
DESCRIPTION

National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) is the trade association representing all American music publishers and their songwriting partners.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (New York) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2015) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
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