Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but sources confirmed to both Variety and The New York Times that the deal was upwards of a quarter-billion dollars and concluded months of negotiations.
, the blockbuster agreement spans Bowie’s entire songwriting career, from his 1967 debut album, “David Bowie,” to 2016′s “Blackstar,” released just before his January 2016 death from liver cancer at the age of 69. The deal also encompasses soundtrack compositions; material for the British superstar’s short-lived band, Tin Machine; and other works, the newspaper reported., a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, counted more than 1.
The freshly brokered deal with Bowie’s estate represents the latest in a series of blockbuster music rights transactions, including
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