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To buy a music catalogue, or not?

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Got some major cash to splurge on a music catalogue? Well, if you have the luxury of being in this position, you might want to hold your horses so to speak. Professor Waldo Krugell from the North-West University (NWU) Business School tells the OFM Business Hour that whilst investors splurged on rights to old songs back in 2021, they are likely to take extra caution in future after some headlining grabbing music catalogue deals proved to not be as lucrative an investment as the buyers initially thought they would be.
13 Nov 2023 1PM English South Africa Business · Daily News

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