Media Mentions
January 31, 2025

Warner Bros. Discovery Teams With Cutting Edge Media for Management of TV/Film Music Catalog

M&R served as music counsel to Cutting Edge Media Music (as lead investor and manager) in the creation of a joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery, a game-changing transaction which is one of the largest and highest valued music rights deals ever and covers almost 100 years of music copyrights. The joint venture, covered by Billboard, contains over 400,000 compositions and song cues—including the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings franchises, DC Comics movies, as well as TV shows such as FriendsGame of ThronesThe Big Bang TheoryTwo and a Half MenSuccession, and The White Lotus. The M&R team was led by Michael Poster, our Music Acquisitions & Financing Chair, along with associates Claire Hoffman, Mehdi Sinaki and law clerk Hannah Kang.

Michael S. Poster

Partner-in-Charge/Transactional Department Chair
Practices
Corporate, M&A, Securities & Real Estate, Intellectual Property
Industries
Advertising & Digital Media, Banking & Financial Services, Internet, Software & Technology, Music & Entertainment

Claire Hoffman

Associate
Practices
Corporate, M&A, Securities & Real Estate

Mehdi Sinaki

Senior Associate
Practices
Corporate, M&A, Securities & Real Estate