{"id":29762,"date":"2024-06-20T18:04:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T18:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/report-queen-to-sell-catalog-to-sony-for-over-1-billion\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T18:04:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T18:04:20","slug":"report-queen-to-sell-catalog-to-sony-for-over-1-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/report-queen-to-sell-catalog-to-sony-for-over-1-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Queen to sell catalog to Sony for over $ 1 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-06-20\/Getty_Queen_062024.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Richard E. Aaron\/Redferns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Queen<\/strong> has reportedly made a lot of money selling off their catalog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/music\/news\/queen-catalog-acquired-by-sony-music-1-billion-1236042619\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Variety<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span class=\"s1\">,<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\"> sources have\u00a0confirmed a report first revealed on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hitsdailydouble.com\/near_truths_item&amp;id=341660&amp;title=NEAR-TRUTHS%3A-QUEEN-OF-DIAMONDS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Hits<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\"> that the British rockers\u00a0are selling\u00a0their catalog to Sony Music for a reported $1.27 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The catalog includes such Queen hits as \u201cBohemian Rhapsody,\u201d \u201cAnother One Bites the Dust,\u201d \u201cWe Are The Champions\u201d and &#8220;We Will Rock You.&#8221;\u00a0The deal reportedly includes revenues for everything but the band&#8217;s live performances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There\u00a0have been rumors for months that the Queen catalog was up for sale, with Sony often mentioned as the front-runner.\u00a0The latest report\u00a0claims another buyer was in the running, but would not go over $900 million for the catalog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Disney has owned the Queen recorded-music rights in the U.S. and Canada since 1991, and that will continue. The band also currently has a distribution deal with Universal,\u00a0which will expire in either 2026 or 2027, and then it will be transferred to Sony outside the U.S. and Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Queen isn\u2019t the first act Sony has shelled out big bucks for.\u00a0It previously purchased <strong>Bruce Springsteen<\/strong>\u2019s catalog for a reported $500 million, and reportedly paid even more for 50% of <strong>Michael Jackson<\/strong>\u2019s catalog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard E. Aaron\/Redferns Queen has reportedly made a lot of money selling off their catalog. According to\u00a0Variety, sources have\u00a0confirmed a report first revealed on Hits that the British rockers\u00a0are selling\u00a0their catalog to Sony Music for a reported $1.27 billion. The catalog includes such Queen hits as \u201cBohemian Rhapsody,\u201d \u201cAnother One<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/report-queen-to-sell-catalog-to-sony-for-over-1-billion\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,43,4],"tags":[7,134,317,114,315,316,142,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}