On July 29, 2026, Influence Media Partners, in collaboration with funds and accounts managed by affiliates of BlackRock, announced it signed an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Anthem Entertainment, including its music publishing catalogs, film and TV publishing assets and its portfolio of master recordings, for a purchase price of over US$600 million.
Anthem Entertainment is a global music rights management and publishing company based in Toronto and Nashville.
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP advised Anthem Entertainment with a team consisting of Brett Anderson, Douglass Dawson, Matt Erdman, Cayley Kavanagh, Kristin Mead and Nicholas Tanovich (Corporate); Michelle Lally and Zach Rudge (Regulatory); Patrick Marley, Alan Kenigsberg and Camille Andrzejewski (Tax); Damian Rigolo, Kelly O’Ferrall and Dakota Secours (Employment and Labour); Joyce Bernasek (Banking and Financial Services); and Chelsea Rubin (Competition/Antitrust, Foreign Investment and International Trade).
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