Access Industries received a $925m special cash dividend in the year
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Category archives: Steve Cooper
Warner sells entire stake in Spotify, crediting artists with $126m as a result
A quarter of total gets credited to artist accounts
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Warner has sold $400m of Spotify stock – and says it will share money with artists and label partners
Steve Cooper confirms that three-quarters of shares have been cashed in
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Lyor Cohen has changed his tune on YouTube since 2009
In 2009, Cohen said YouTube didn’t pay enough compensation. What’s changed?
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Why Warner did a deal with YouTube (and why it should think twice next time)
On the conundrum faced by major labels as they throw sticks at Google
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Warner and YouTube sign new deal… ‘under very difficult circumstances’
Warner CEO Steve Cooper suggests the major had little choice thanks to safe harbor laws
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Warner claims majority share of 2016’s biggest-selling albums Top 50
Beyonce’s Lemonade was last year’s biggest seller – but Warner took the lion’s share of list
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Warner CEO Steve Cooper: ‘We’ve grown market share more than any other major’
MBW obtains triumphant internal memo from WMG big cheese
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Streaming drives Warner Music’s biggest annual revenues in 8 years
Major music company posts more than $3.2bn in sales to end of September
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‘Warner punches above its weight – without relying on pop fads’
Warner boss Steve Cooper on YouTube, Len Blavatnik, Spotify and his own future
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