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Who Owns Taylor Swift’s Masters? She Bought Them Back From Shamrock Capital in May 2025, for a Price Nobody Has Confirmed
A 2019 sale, a 2020 resale, four re-recorded albums and one letter in 2025: the full chain of title on the most-watched catalog fight in music, and the one number nobody has published.
— By Authority Daily · NOV 07, 2026 · 3 MIN —
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