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Warner Bros. Discovery and Cutting Edge Group form JV to own and manage WBD’s iconic music rights portfolio
Warner Bros and Cutting Edge partnering to enhance the music library’s value
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. (NASDAQ: WBD) and Cutting Edge Group (“CEG”), the leading specialist investor in and manager of media music rights, have partnered to create a joint venture (the “JV”) through which they will co-own WBD’s vast catalog of film and TV music. WBD will retain creative and operational control of the music rights while CEG, further to its investment into the business, will jointly manage the JV. The creation of the JV is, by value, one of the largest music rights deals ever transacted and spans almost 100 years of copyrights.
Together, WBD and CEG will focus on maximizing the distribution and revenue potential of the music portfolio, which contains more than 400,000 compositions and song cues, including some of the most recognized theme songs and scores in television and movie history. DWS Group is co-investing and sponsoring the transaction alongside CEG.
The library includes music from the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings franchises, DC Comics movies, as well as TV shows such as Friends, Game of Thrones, The Big Bang Theory, Two and Half Men, Succession, and The White Lotus. Other iconic films and TV series represented in the portfolio include Rebel Without a Cause, The Exorcist, A Star is Born, Blade Runner, Shawshank Redemption, The West Wing, ER, Full House, Sex and The City and Gossip Girl.
The compositions from the Warner Brothers, HBO and Turner Networks catalogs will continue to be administered by Universal Music Publishing Group, while those from the Discovery/Scripps Networks catalog will remain under the administration of Sony Music Publishing.
Paul Broucek, President, Music, Warner Bros. Discovery, said: “This partnership with CEG is the perfect way to expand access to our unparalleled music library while honoring our long history of strong creative oversight and protecting the integrity of the works and artists. Together with CEG, we can find new and exciting ways to entertain a new generation of fans.”
Philip Moross, CEO of Cutting Edge Group, said: “This truly is an iconic assembly of catalogs created over almost a century by one of Hollywood’s original studios and to have the opportunity to invest in and manage this JV alongside WBD is an incredibly exciting prospect for us. This special partnership with Warner Bros. is the culmination of many years work on the part of our team at Cutting Edge and is a strong endorsement of our early conviction and specialist expertise in this area of the market.”
Tara Finegan, COO of Cutting Edge Group, added: “Cutting Edge is singularly placed to participate in a transaction of this nature, which is a testament to the strength and skill of our team, led by Tim Hegarty, our Head of M&A and Corporate Strategy. We are looking forward to working closely with our friends at Warner Bros. to grow the value that this irreplaceable portfolio already holds, while bringing the magic of these compositions to even more audiences around the world.”
Vlado Spasov, Head of Capital Solutions at DWS Group, said: “We are proud to join forces with Cutting Edge and invest in partnership with Warner Bros in this strategic joint venture. This transaction exemplifies our strategy of delivering flexible and tailored capital solutions that empower asset owners and management teams to execute their vision with speed, certainty and control.”
CEG is the industry’s foremost integrated owner and operator of media music assets. It has a 19-year track record of success in this specialist segment of the market and industry leading expertise across its team in generating additional value from media music, underpinning WBD’s decision to partner with them.
About Cutting Edge Group:
Cutting Edge Group is a majority family-owned business that specializes in acquiring and managing media music rights. Founded in 2006 and led by CEO Philip Moross, a pioneer in the market of music for film and tv, CEG has assembled a specialist portfolio of more than 2,000 titles across soundtrack albums, publishing assets and royalty income streams, comprising music that has featured in some of the world’s most recognized film, tv, theatre productions and video games, including John Wick, Elf, Star Trek: Discovery, Moonlight, The Office, South Park, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Morning Show, Stranger Things, The Crown, Suits, The Walking Dead, Bridgerton, Ted Lasso, Glee, Aquaman, Drive, Matilda: The Musical, Cyberpunk 2077 and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.
About Warner Bros. Discovery:
Warner Bros. Discovery is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates and distributes the world’s most differentiated and complete portfolio of branded content across television, film, streaming and gaming. Available in more than 220 countries and territories and 50 languages, Warner Bros. Discovery inspires, informs and entertains audiences worldwide through its iconic brands and products including: Discovery Channel, Max, discovery+, CNN, DC, TNT Sports, Eurosport, HBO, HGTV, Food Network, OWN, Investigation Discovery, TLC, Magnolia Network, TNT, TBS, truTV, Travel Channel, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, Warner Bros. Television Group, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Warner Bros. Games, New Line Cinema, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies, Discovery en Español, Hogar de HGTV and others. For more information, please visit www.wbd.com.
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BEIJING, March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — This is a report from China.org.cn:
The 2025 Global Digital Economy Conference (GDEC)’s International Cooperation Forum series was held in Barcelona, Spain, on March 4.
Themed “Integration, Innovation, Win-Win: Co-creating a New Blueprint for the China-Europe Digital Economy,” the Digital Economy Cooperation Forum was hosted by the GDEC Organizing Committee, and organized by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology (BMBEIT).
The event attracted more than 150 government representatives, corporate executives, industry association leaders from China, Spain and other European countries, and more than 60 overseas companies and institutions participated in it.
Jiang Guangzhi, the BMBEIT chief, delivered an opening speech in the form of digital human. In his address, Jiang said that the capital city of China, as a pioneer in the global digital economy, actively implements the national digital economy development strategy, and Barcelona, as the core hub of the European digital economy, has obvious advantages in science and technology industry clusters. The two cities have broad prospects for cooperation in the field of digital economy.
On the sidelines of the forum, BMBEIT also held a business and investment promotion activity called “Night of Beijing” in the Spanish city.
Relevant persons in charge of the BMBEIT promoted Beijing’s leading digital technology solutions in key digital economy industries such as autonomous driving, smart logistics, smart home, digital healthcare, and value-added telecommunications, combining core technologies, application scenarios, international promotion, and effectiveness cases.
Additionally, Lu Yiji, Chairman of the China-Europe Digital Association, Ignasi Castelló, Chief Purchasing Officer of FICOSA International Spain, Li Kang, Senior Vice President of China Telecom International, and Zhang Genxue, General Manager of Beijing Digital Economy Enterprises Overseas Innovation Service Base, each presented the current state and trends of digital economy development from different perspectives, providing valuable experiences and insights for enterprises and institutions.
The GDEC has been successfully held for four sessions since 2021. It is committed to promoting more comprehensive international cooperation in the digital economy industry and promoting the friendly and sustainable development of the global digital ecology. The 2025 GDEC will be held in Beijing in July.
Digital economy focus of China-EU cooperation: forum
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MEKKA integrates behavioural finance and market intelligence to transform investment decision-making
DUBAI, UAE, March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Fayafi Investment Holding, the first UAE firm made available through a bankable certificate issued under the SIX Swiss Exchange framework and featured on Bloomberg, has unveiled the proprietary algorithm MEKKA underpinning its investment decision-making.
MEKKA, an acronym for Market Emotional Knowledge & Kinetic Analysis, was created by Fayafi Investment Holding’s Executive President Dr Patrick Pilati in 2017 in collaboration with Swiss mathematicians.
The advanced financial platform recognizes that markets are driven by human emotions, biases, and psychological patterns. MEKKA integrates sentiment analysis, AI-driven market forecasting, and real-time behavioural insights to optimize investment strategies.
MEKKA relies on Market Emotional Knowledge (MEK) to understand and quantify investor sentiment, cognitive biases, and emotional market drivers. It also uses Kinetic Analysis (KA) to study market momentum driven by behavioural patterns, liquidity flows and investor reactions. MEKKA helps institutional investors like Fayafi anticipate market shifts before they occur.
“While traditional financial models focus purely on quantitative and fundamental analysis, MEKKA combines psychology, AI, and trading analytics to deliver a more complete understanding of market behaviour. By integrating market sentiment analysis, AI-driven behavioural finance models, and predictive trading intelligence, MEKKA enables a more complete understanding of market sentiment. It allows investors to identify opportunities before they gain mainstream attention,” said Dr. Patrick Pilati, Executive President of Fayafi Investment Holding.
MEKKA continuously scans and quantifies investor sentiment using AI-powered real-time monitoring of news and social media analysis to detect sentiment and market shifts. It tracks proprietary indicators measuring emotional states in equity, commodity, and bond markets. It also offers decision-makers investor sentiment heatmaps, visually depicting emotional trends across global financial markets. These insights enable investors to detect early signs of market movements.
“MEKKA represents a transformational shift in financial markets, proving that investor psychology is as crucial as technical and fundamental analysis. MEKKA empowers investors to understand hidden psychological market drivers, capitalise on market inefficiencies and mitigate risk through behavioural-based trading strategies. With MEKKA, investment decisions are no longer based solely on numbers but are also guided by deep insights into human psychology and market emotion,” he added.
MEKKA offers deep insights into niche strategic investments such as isotope copper — of which Fayafi holds USD 3.6 billion in reserves within its Dubai vaults at Ferrari Logistics DMCC. Fayafi Investment SPV has succeeded in commoditizing and securitizing isotope copper, making available USD 1.44B in Euroclear security certificates backed by the metal on the SIX Swiss Exchange in February 2025.
In 2025, Fayafi Investment Holding Limited integrated MEKKA into its investment framework, enhancing its ability to navigate market trends, manage risks and capitalize on behavioural-driven opportunities. MEKKA has enabled Fayafi to optimise its investment decisions by aligning commodity investments with sentiment-based market trends, and enhance liquidity management by timing transactions based on emotional flow predictions.
Backed by Fayafi Investment Holding, MEKKA is evolving rapidly. Upcoming milestones include the launch of automated financial advisors powered by MEKKA’s reasoning engine, integration with blockchain and DeFi, and expanding MEKKA’s insights beyond commodities into other sectors including real estate, venture capital and private equity markets. A key goal, according to Dr Pilati, is to begin offering MEKKA’s capabilities to investment banks and sovereign wealth funds as a licensed platform.
“MEKKA has enabled Fayafi to achieve stronger market positioning, mitigate risks, and maximize returns by aligning investments with psychological market trends. With its rapid improvements and new features, MEKKA is set to reshape the future of behavioural finance-driven investing while keeping Fayafi Investment Holding Limited at the forefront of global financial market intelligence,” Dr Pilati concluded.
Contact Details:
FAYAFI Investment Holding
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DIFC, Dubai, UAE
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Term Structure Institutional (TSI): The Future of Institutional Fixed-Rate Digital Asset Lending and Borrowing
HONG KONG, March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ —
As institutional adoption of digital assets accelerates, the demand for reliable, predictable, and efficient lending and borrowing solutions has never been greater. Term Structure Institutional (TSI) is at the forefront of this transformation, offering a cutting-edge fixed-rate borrowing and lending platform designed to meet the needs of institutional investors.
With a robust foundation built on Fireblocks’ industry-leading Multi-Party Computation (MPC) technology and as an advanced Electronic Communication Network (ECN), TSI eliminates the risks of volatile lending and borrowing markets, providing institutions with seamless access to fixed-income opportunities in the digital asset space.
Despite the rapid growth of digital asset markets, institutional participants continue to face significant barriers:
- Unpredictable Borrowing Costs – Open-term loans expose institutions to fluctuating interest rates, making financial planning challenging.
- Security Concerns – The on-chain DeFi ecosystem is prone to hacks and vulnerabilities, deterring institutional involvement.
- Limited Trading Flexibility – Traditional custodian solutions often restrict institutions from executing sophisticated borrowing and lending strategies.
- Inefficiencies in OTC Markets – A lack of transparency and standardized pricing leads to suboptimal execution.
TSI directly addresses these pain points, delivering a reliable and efficient fixed-income platform purpose-built for institutional engagement.
Enhanced Security with Fireblocks MPC Technology
TSI integrates Fireblocks’ cutting-edge MPC technology, ensuring that institutional assets remain protected at all times. By eliminating single points of failure, TSI significantly enhances risk management and compliance.
Predictable, Fixed-Rate & Fixed-Term Borrowing & Lending
TSI enables institutions to lock in stable interest rates and predefined loan durations, providing much-needed certainty for long-term financial strategies.
Efficient Market Access
TSI’s ECN-powered platform revolutionizes price discovery and liquidity aggregation, bringing the standardization and efficiency of traditional finance into the digital asset ecosystem.
Institutional-Grade Over-Collateralized Lending
To mitigate default risks, TSI requires borrowers to provide collateral exceeding the loan value, ensuring robust lender protection and market stability.
Streamlined Collateral Liquidation
TSI’s structured liquidation process ensures collateral is efficiently managed, safeguarding institutional participants from unnecessary losses.
TSI is more than just a platform—it’s a game-changer for institutional digital asset lending and borrowing. By combining enhanced security and fixed-rate certainty, TSI is setting a new standard for institutional finance in the digital asset space.
Are you ready to experience the next evolution of institutional digital asset lending? Join TSI today and unlock the power of predictable, reliable, and institutional-grade financing. Follow us on X to stay updated!
Term Structure Labs Limited is a company registered in BVI, primarily focused on DeFi research with an emphasis on fixed-rate solutions. Term Structure Institutional (TSI) is one of its products, designed specifically to cater to institutional users, offering tailored solutions within the broader Term Structure ecosystem.
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