You Can Now Invest in ‘Shrek’ Music Rights the Same Place You Buy Stocks

Starting Thursday, customers of investing platform Public will be able to purchase a slice of the rights to the score of the “Shrek” film franchise and receive quarterly payouts. While royalty payments fluctuate depending on content consumption, the “Shrek” composition rights generated an annualized dividend yield above 8% in 2022 and 2021, according to Public.

Source: WSJ News Exclusive | You Can Now Invest in ‘Shrek’ Music Rights the Same Place You Buy Stocks

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The TikTok Follies

By Paul Sweeting

Congress has passed, and President Biden has now signed, a bill requiring ByteDance to sell TikTok to an American buyer or American-controlled company within 270 days (possibly extendable to a year), or face having the app banned from the U.S. Things are not likely to work out quite as neatly as that forced choice would have it. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew issued a defiant statement in response to the bill’s passage proclaiming “we aren’t going anywhere,” and vowing to challenge the law in court. “We are confident, and we will keep fighting for your rights in the courts,” he said. “The facts and the Constitution are on our side, and we expect to prevail again.”... Read More >>

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