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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly

Beyoncé and Neil Young song fund Hipgnosis sells 20,000 songs for £18m

Headset in front of Hipgnosis logo
Hipgnosis sold the songs at a 14% discount to their valuation at 30 September. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

Hipgnosis Songs Fund, which owns the streaming rights to artists ranging from Beyoncé to Neil Young, has sold a chunk of its song rights at a steep discount to raise cash.

The fund said on Monday that it had sold 20,000 unspecified “non-core” songs for $23.1m (£18.4m), in a statement to the London Stock Exchange, where it is listed.

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