Letter appears to seek a ‘user-centric’ style of payment, while “attacking” record companies
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Category archives: Universal Music
The artist revolt: Stars demand more streaming money from major labels in Germany
Acts including Helene Fischer and Rammstein want a bigger share of the pie
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ADHD, the music business, and me
Artist manager and UK Music exec Andy Edwards discusses his diagnosis and how it fits with his professional world
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$500m-backed Saban Music Group inks global Universal deal to deliver ‘groundbreaking artists’
SMG, backed by Haim Saban, will be distributed in the US by Caroline
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The major labels will generate over $14bn in 2019, as Warner bucks trend of streaming slowdown (just)
Some very impressive news for Universal, Sony and Warner… and a warning sign?
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Spinal Tap’s UMG case might be over, but Vivendi is not off the hook yet
Case against StudioCanal ‘seeks hundreds of millions of dollars in compensatory and punitive damages’
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Universal Music releases app for artists and managers to track streams, socials and more
Universal Music Artists (UMA) app shows global data insights from Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon and YouTube
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Why, in a post-Tencent/Universal world, the three major music companies are worth nearly $90bn
MBW estimates that Universal, Sony and Warner are now collectively worth just shy of $89bn
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BTS ship over a million physical copies of Japanese-language single Lights/Boy With Luv in Japan
Boyband works with Big Hit and Universal Music for their Japanese music
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Per Sundin steps down as MD of Universal Music Sweden to join ABBA branding company Pop House
New structure begins at Universal’s Nordic companies, as trio of executives step up
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