News of Universal Music Group’s $50 billion valuation in the wake of its recent IPO made the “pandemic-ly retired” Marty Bandier wistful. “I sure wish I was in the business now,” says the veteran music exec, who headed both EMI and Sony/ATV Music Publishing over a decades-long career. “The prices being paid for music publishing rights are so wild.” Indeed, 2021 marks 30 years since SBK Records, in which the "B" is for Bandier, was bought out by Thorne-EMI and...
ncG1vNJzZmiukae2psDYZ5qopV%2BaxaavjqaYq6yZo3qjrc2doJ6qXw%3D%3D