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- Braun’s company, Ithaca Holdings, purchased Big Machine Records from founder Scott Borchetta. Swift was vocal in her disapproval of the sale. She took to social media to call the sale of Big Machine Records her “worst-case scenario.” She noted she had offered several times to purchase her masters – which Big Machine still owned along with Braun.
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Taylor Swift (pictured in 2006) signed her record deal with Big Machine Records in 2005 at age 15, giving the ownership of the masters of her first six studio albums to the label.
Nov 17, 2020 · Swift signed a deal with record label Big Machine in 2004 granting it ownership of the master recordings to her first six albums in exchange for a cash advance to kick-start her career.
Dec 24, 2019 · On Nov. 14, Taylor Swift made a post on her Tumblr account alleging that Scott Borchetta and Scooter Braun were prohibiting her from performing songs still owned by her former label Big Machine...
Nov 16, 2020 · Ithaca purchased the Nashville-based independent record label Big Machine, founded by Scott Borchetta in 2005, in June 2019 for just over $300 million, of which Swift’s catalog — from her...
Nov 17, 2020 · News broke on Sunday, June 30, 2019 that Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings acquired Big Machine Records along with Taylor Swift’s six-album catalog. Here's everything that's happened.
Nov 16, 2020 · Last summer, the music manager Scooter Braun made a deal, estimated at $300 million to $350 million, to buy the Big Machine Label Group, the Nashville label that signed Swift when she was a...
Nov 17, 2020 · The $300-million purchase price for Swift’s six albums is nearly equal to the price Braun paid for the entirety of the Big Machine Label Group last year, including Swift’s records.
