Ownership record
Who owns Bob Dylan's music catalogue?
Bob Dylan's songwriting catalogue is owned by Universal Music Publishing, bought in December 2020 in a deal reported near $300m–$400m. His recorded masters were sold separately to Sony Music a year later.
The short answer
- OwnerUniversal Music Publishing and Sony Music
- Owner istwo of the three major music groups, split by rights type
- Owned since2020
- Previous ownerBob Dylan
- Reported consideration400,000,000 US dollars
- Assetthe songwriting and recording rights of Bob Dylan
How the deal was structured
The publishing sale covered more than 600 songs written over six decades, including work still generating substantial sync and cover income.
On the money trail board this sits as a 2020 movement of $400M between New York and Los Angeles, sourced to Wikipedia. Open the full ledger entry.
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