Primary Wave Music, a music publisher that acquires and sells the catalogs of musicians, has partnered with entrepreneur Richard Hurowitz on a company called Atticus Works, which will buy up and repackage backlist titles for a new audience. Primary Wave has invested $100 million, and says they will go higher if needed. The WSJ reports that Hurowitz hopes to acquire “literary fiction, sci-fi and mystery, as well as narrative nonfiction, children’s books and plays” with his “dream roster” including Ernest Hemingway, Agatha Christie, Stephen King, Arthur Miller, Robert Caro and Dr. Seuss. Hurowitz attempted to buy Simon & Schuster in […]
