Music Business

HarbourView Equity Partners bought David Kershenbaum’s producer royalties on masters that include Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car,” Joe Jackson’s “Steppin’ Out,” and Marc Cohn’s “Walking in Memphis.” Terms were not disclosed.

BMG and Concord have completed their merger under the BMG name, with Bob Valentine as CEO, a Nashville HQ, and a catalog of more than four million works.

Notes.fm, from Stem co-founder Tim Luckow, scans collection societies and the MLC for so-called black-box royalties. It charges a subscription instead of taking a cut of what it finds.

A new class action from Jason Isbell, David Lowery and other artists argues Suno built a business on musicians’ identities. The claim is about publicity and biometrics, not song copyright.