Concord

Concord

http://www.concord.com
https://www.linkedin.com/company/concordofficial/

Concord, a privately owned company headquartered in the US, was founded in 2007 and employs approximately 1080 individuals. The company specializes in the development, management, and acquisition of sound recordings, music publishing, theatrical performance rights, and narrative content. With its headquarters in Nashville and additional offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Berlin, Melbourne, and Miami, Concord also maintains staff in Auckland, Sydney, Tokyo, and Toronto. Its extensive catalog comprises over 1 million songs, composed works, plays, musicals, and active recordings, which are licensed across virtually every country and territory worldwide.

Revenue

Founded

2007

Headcount

1,609

Headquarters

United States

Primary Segment

Entertainment Providers

Ownership

Privately Owned

News Summary:

On October 2, 2026, Concord managed a portfolio lift-out for an institutional investor's non-prime auto portfolio, preserving servicing continuity by transferring responsibility without altering the operation. Previously, on September 29, 2026, Concord, an agentic platform for media buying execution, announced the appointment of Rémi Lemonnier, co-founder of Scibids and an early pioneer of AI in media buying, as an advisor. This follows an earlier development on September 17, 2026, when Apollo Global Management's managed funds and affiliates provided a $1.25 billion equity capital solution to support the combination of BMG and Concord. Under the terms, Apollo acquired a noncontrolling interest in a BMG subsidiary that holds the legacy Concord asset-backed securities (ABS), backed by a catalog of over one million songs. This capital injection at the subsidiary level allows the merged BMG to manage the legacy Concord ABS without affecting topco control, demonstrating how private capital and catalog-backed ABS are recapitalizing major publishing assets after a merger.

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Oct

2nd

2026

00:50

B2B Tag, Operational Performance

From ACC to Concord: Preserving Servicing Continuity Through a Portfolio Lift-Out

When an institutional investor needed a new servicing path for a non-prime auto portfolio, the obvious solution was to transfer the portfolio to another servicer. Concord approached the transition differently: change who was responsible for the portfolio without unnecessarily changing the operation behind it.

Sep

29th

2026

06:30

Emerging Tech, B2B Tag

Founder Rémi Lemonnier as Advisor

Concord, the agentic platform for media buying execution, today (29th September, 2026) announced that Rémi Lemonnier has joined the company as an advisor. Lemonnier was one of the early pioneers of AI in media buying, co-founding Scibids in 2016, years before AI became a major focus for the advertising industry.

Sep

21st

2026

21:36

Capital Investment, Corporate Restructuring, Business Restructuring, Investments

Concord Capital Solution

Apollo’s minority capital injection lands at the subsidiary level, giving the merged BMG more room to manage legacy Concord ABS without changing control at the topco. Private capital moved into the rights stack, not the parent company Apollo Global Management’s $1.25 billion equity investment in a BMG subsidiary is notable less for the headline amount than for where the money landed.

Sep

17th

2026

22:14

M&A Activities, Funding Activities, B2B Tag, Funding, M&A Activities

Apollo’s $1.25B BMG

Apollo’s financing for the BMG-Concord combination shows how catalog-backed ABS and private capital are helping recapitalize major publishing assets after merger. Private capital is now part of the post-merger playbook Apollo Global Management’s $1.25 billion financing for the BMG-Concord combination is less a routine corporate funding event than a clear signal about how major music rights are being recapitalized.

Sep

17th

2026

06:40

M&A Activities, Capital Investment, M&A Activities, Investments

Apollo invests $1.25 billion in BMG after its merger with Concord

Apollo Global Management (APO) announced that Apollo-managed funds and affiliates have provided a $1.25 billion equity capital solution to support the combination of BMG and Concord, according to a press release dated Sept. 17, 2026. Under the terms of the transaction, Apollo acquired a noncontrolling interest in a BMG subsidiary that holds the legacy Concord asset-backed securities (ABS), backed by a catalog of over one million songs.

Investing India

Sep

17th

2026

06:30

M&A Activities, Capital Investment, M&A Activities, Investments

DLA Piper advises BMG on Apollo's US$1.25 billion investment following landmark Concord combination

DLA Piper advised BMG, a division of Bertelsmann, on Apollo-managed funds and affiliates' US$1.25 billion investment in support of BMG's recently completed combination with Concord. The deal brings together two leading music companies to create a global business operating under the BMG name, with the combined Concord/BMG entity now ranked as the fourth-largest music company globally.

Sep

17th

2026

06:30

M&A Activities, Capital Investment, M&A Activities, Investments

Apollo invests $1.25 billion in BMG after its merger with Concord

Apollo Global Management (APO) announced that Apollo-managed funds and affiliates have provided a $1.25 billion equity capital solution to support the combination of BMG and Concord, according to a press release dated Sept. 17, 2026. Under the terms of the transaction, Apollo acquired a noncontrolling interest in a BMG subsidiary that holds the legacy Concord asset-backed securities (ABS), backed by a catalog of over one million songs.

Investing.com Canada

Sep

10th

2026

12:22

M&A Activities, B2B Tag, M&A Activities

INDEPENDENT DOESN’T HAVE TO MEAN SMALL

BMG and Concord’s $2.2 Billion Combination Redefines Independent Music Scale The music business loves the language of independence. Independent artist. Independent label. Independent publisher. Independent company. But independence has never meant operating without infrastructure. And the newly completed combination of BMG and Concord may be one of the clearest examples yet of how the meaning of independence is changing as the music business gets larger, more technological and more rights-driven.

Sep

9th

2026

08:30

M&A Activities, M&A Activities

Concord completes combination with BMG

Together, BMG and Concord combine catalogues comprising more than four million songs, recordings and other creative works, spanning recorded music, music publishing and theatrical rights businesses across key markets worldwide. The combination brings together two complementary global music businesses and creates a company with combined annual revenues of approximately USD 2.2 billion.

Sep

8th

2026

06:07

Management Changes, Corporate Restructuring, B2B Tag, Business Restructuring, Management Changes

Tim Reid Exits BMG

Tim Reid, Senior Vice President of Repertoire & Marketing for BMG’s U.S. R&B and Hip-Hop division, is exiting the company. Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe! His departure comes directly on the heels of one of the largest independent music transactions in recent history, which has completely reordered the company’s executive landscape.

Sep

4th

2026

10:54

Funding Activities, B2B Tag, Funding

Global Media Company Bertelsmann Affirmed At 'BBB/A-2' On Music Division Merger's Completion; Outlook Stable

We view the merger of Bertelsmann's music division BMG with music publisher Concord, to be completed on Sept. 1, 2026, as incrementally positive for the company's business profile due to increased scale and improved margins. As part of the transaction, Bertelsmann will receive approximately €1.1 billion ($1.25 billion) from asset management firm Apollo, which will acquire a minority interest in a newly established joint venture (JV) holding parts of BMG’s music rights portfolio.

Sep

4th

2026

07:32

Independent music firms BMG and Concord complete merger

Music firms BMG and Concord are now one company operating under the BMG name. Here's who is leading the combined Nashville-based company and what its plans are moving forward.

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