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Downtown Music Holdings, a closely held player in the recording industry, has created a $200 million fund it will use to advance artists money in exchange for a share of their future song royalties.
The company is providing some of the money from its own coffers, and has also raised debt financing through Bank of America Corp., according to company executives.