Why music rights deals are getting smarter w/ Michael Poster

The next wave of returns in music won’t come from buying bigger catalogs, but from buying smarter. In this episode, we sit down with Michael Poster, Partner and Chair of Music Acquisitions & Financing at Michelman & Robinson, to unpack how the market has broadened and matured, why “alternative” strategies aren’t alternative anymore, and how smart buyers are quietly creating value through structure, aggregation, and data-led uplift.

From sub-$10m deals to billion-dollar portfolios, Michael’s seen the full cycle: raising capital, rolling up catalogs, exiting to large asset managers, and now architecting the secondary sales that define the next phase of music as an asset class.

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Guest: Michael Poster — Partner and Chair of Music Acquisitions & Financing at Michelman & Robinson

Hosts: Emma Griffiths, Tom Mullen, Sam Morey

Theme: “Meet Me” — Outlines (Written by Sam Cox) — Courtesy of Bespoke Records