Influence Media Completes $600M-Plus Anthem Entertainment Deal

Influence Media Partners said on November 5, 2026 that it had completed its acquisition of substantially all of Anthem Entertainment's assets. The deal is valued at more than $600 million, according to Music Business Worldwide.

The purchase covers Anthem's music publishing catalogues, which are the rights to songs and the royalties they earn when they are recorded, performed or used. It also includes film and TV publishing assets, meaning the rights to music placed in screen productions, and a portfolio of master recordings, the original studio versions of songs. Influence Media says the deal adds stakes in more than 24,000 released songs and 60,000 further works that have not yet been put to commercial use.

Some of the best-known titles in the package are pop and rock hits. The catalogues include The Weeknd's "Die For You," Britney Spears' "Oops!... I Did It Again," Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack," and Timbaland's "The Way I Are." They also include Cody Johnson's "Til You Can't," Rush's "Tom Sawyer," Nelly Furtado's "Promiscuous" and OneRepublic's "Counting Stars." Some of the works have also appeared in Spider-Man, Breaking Bad and LEGO Ninjago, according to the same report.

The deal was first announced on July 29, 2026, with completion expected in the fourth quarter of the year. That window runs from October to December, and the sale closed on November 5. The acquisition was made in collaboration with funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, the asset manager. Truist led the debt financing, which is money borrowed to fund the purchase, and also acted as financial adviser to Influence Media.

Influence Media Partners was founded in 2019, according to its website. The company says it works with 30 artist and songwriter partners, and its website lists BlackRock and Warner Music Group among its backers.

For the songwriters and performers behind these songs, a sale like this usually changes who collects the royalties, while the songs themselves stay the same. Royalty payments flow from streaming services, broadcasters and venues, so the new owner's accounts are where those payments now land.