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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Max Martin and Shellback Just Seriously Cashed in Selling Their Music Catalog for a Staggering Amount · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Typically, when you hear about someone selling their entire music
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  Speaker 2: catalog for a sizeable fortune, it's a superstar artist. But
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  Speaker 2: now producers are getting in the game as well.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, specifically Max Martin and Showback, who are without question,
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  Speaker 3: two of the biggest names behind the scenes in pop
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  Speaker 3: music history and have been for years.
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  Speaker 4: And this songwriting collective that they spearhead, called Wolf Cousins,
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  Speaker 4: has written hits for everybody from Ariana Grande to The
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  Speaker 4: Weekend to Taylor Swift.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Max Martin, I love him so much.
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  Speaker 2: She's a legend, which is why they were able to
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  Speaker 2: cash in, reportedly selling their rights to these songs for
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  Speaker 2: nine figures, as in at least one hundred million dollars
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  Speaker 2: to an investment firm called Harbor View.
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  Speaker 1: According to Variety, Yeah, it's.
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  Speaker 3: A ton of recognizable music too, songs like I Can't
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  Speaker 3: Feel My Face, kick by the Ocean, No Tears Left
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  Speaker 3: to Cry.
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  Speaker 2: This company, harbor View, has quickly become a major player
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  Speaker 2: in the music business. They currently own more than seventy
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  Speaker 2: music catalogs and that number will only continue to rise.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood,