Influence Media Partners (“Influence Media”), in collaboration with funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, today announced the completion of its acquisition of substantially all of Anthem Entertainment’s assets, including its music publishing catalogs, film and television publishing assets, and portfolio of master recordings, in a transaction valued at over US $600 million.
First announced in July 2026, the acquisition adds more than 24,000 released songs and 60,000 additional unexploited works to Influence Media’s growing portfolio. The catalogs include era-defining hits such as The Weeknd’s “Die For You,” Britney Spears’ “Oops!… I Did It Again,” Justin Timberlake’s “SexyBack,” Timbaland’s “The Way I Are,” Cody Johnson’s “Til You Can’t,” Rush’s “Tom Sawyer,” Nelly Furtado’s “Promiscuous,” and OneRepublic’s “Counting Stars,” alongside additional released titles featured in iconic film and television franchises including Spider-Man, Breaking Bad, and LEGO Ninjago.
The completed transaction marks a significant milestone in Influence Media’s continued growth, further expanding its portfolio of culturally influential music and entertainment intellectual property and strengthening its position as a leading independent music and entertainment investment platform.
About Influence Media Partners
Influence Media Partners (“Influence Media” or “Influence”) is a music and entertainment platform whose mission is to transform the music space by partnering with artists, songwriters, and creative executives to steward legacy works and build future brand value. Headquartered in New York and led by Founder and Co-Managing Partner Lylette Pizarro McLean; Founder & Co-Managing Partner Rene McLean; Co-Managing Partner Lynn Hazan; and Founding Advisor & Investor, Jon Jashni. Influence is supported by strategic partnerships with funds and accounts managed by BlackRock. Influence has made substantial investments across music rights including Name, Image and Likeness (NIL), go-forward publishing, and go-forward recorded music rights. Influence’s robust portfolio features GRAMMY® winning and GRAMMY® nominated artists spanning diverse music genres, including platinum recording artist Future, Diamond-certified recording artist and songwriter Enrique Iglesias, country superstar Blake Shelton, songwriter-producer Tyler Johnson, Puerto Rican songwriter-producer Tainy, singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez, singer-songwriter Julia Michaels, and more. Influence aims to disrupt the current ecosystem by creating fair, artist-first offerings around music rights and beyond. In 2024, Influence launched SLANG, their independent frontline record label and music publisher. A culture and tech forward music company, SLANG boasts an impressive roster of artists including a distribution deal with four time GRAMMY winning Will Smith, GRAMMY winning and multi-platinum producer Camper, GRAMMY winning and RIAA certified diamond producer 30 Roc, and Isaia Huron, Jace, Underachievers and more.
About Anthem Entertainment
Anthem Entertainment is a global music rights management and publishing company based in Toronto and Nashville. Anthem manages a broad portfolio of catalogs that includes works recorded by Britney Spears, Timbaland, Post Malone, Rush, The Weeknd, and OneRepublic.
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