Primary Wave Partners with Donna Summer Estate for Music Catalog and Likeness Rights
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Jem Aswad
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Summary
Primary Wave Music has entered into a partnership with the estate of legendary R&B/disco singer Donna Summer, acquiring rights to her music catalog, recordings, and her name/image/likeness. The deal covers Summer's iconic hits like "I Feel Love," "Bad Girls," and "Hot Stuff," with Primary Wave providing marketing, publishing, and branding support for new opportunities in film, TV, and digital media. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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Primary Wave's marketing team and publishing infrastructure, working closely on new marketing, branding, digital, and synch opportunities, as well as film & television projects
Terms of the deal were not disclosed
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