Tina Turner's name, image, likeness and most music catalog rights acquired by Pophouse
ABC News
Pophouse Entertainment Group has acquired Tina Turner's name, image and likeness rights as well as the majority of her music catalog rights from music company BMG
NEW YORK -- Pophouse Entertainment has acquired Tina Turner’s name, image and likeness rights as well as the majority share of her music catalog rights from music company BMG, it announced Thursday.
The Swedish company, co-founded by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus, is known for their digital avatars and immersive experiences.
Pophouse CEO Jessica Koravos would not disclose the deal's financial details or describe the company's plans for the Turner acquisition but told The Associated Press “that one of the reasons that we were so interested in Tina is because she has such an incredible visual presence and such an incredible stage energy. And so, we’re very much looking at projects that can portray that and try to recreate that to some degree.”
“What we want to do is really help to consolidate her legacy,” she added. “I think that Tina Turner is up there, or is going to be up there, with the Elvises and the Marilyn Monroes of the world.”
Koravos would not confirm if a digital avatar is on the way. She did say Pophouse will announce plans in the next six months.
Major League Baseball’s experiment of a robot umpire technology system allowing challenges to checked swing calls is moving from Class A to Triple-A
Climbing stairs has been increasingly ingrained in exercise guidance, but it can sometimes be hard to find a place to do it
A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a building is asking for leniency ahead of her sentencing in federal court
Conductor Juanjo Mena, former principal conductor of the Cincinnati May Festival, says he will retire this year because of Alzheimer’s disease
As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine didn’t work very well
Thousands of snow geese touch down at a Pennsylvania reservoir each spring, turning sunrise into a loud, swirling liftoff that draws big crowds
Cambodia has drafted its first law to crack down on online scam centers that fuel fraud and forced labor
The United States is getting slammed by a stretch of weather extremes, from flooding rain to record heat and late-season snow
Newly revealed incendiary messages in which a Live Nation employee mocks customers as “so stupid” and says the company is “robbing them blind, baby” are gaining public attention during an ongoing antitrust trial
Pro-Iranian hackers are targeting sites in the Middle East and starting to stretch into the United States during the war
After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, a jury will listen to closing arguments before heading to the deliberation room to decide whether social media companies sh...
Rural school districts say the Trump administration’s visa changes are jeopardizing a key source of teachers
Cuba is grappling with a fast-growing wave of synthetic drug use that is hitting young people hard